1 00:00:08,17 --> 00:00:08,52 He's got 2 00:00:08,53 --> 00:00:15,42 a lot. Call the meeting to order please 3 00:00:15,43 --> 00:00:22,42 rise for the Pledge of Allegiance. To. The United States 4 00:00:22,43 --> 00:00:25,22 of America. Which is. 5 00:00:29,82 --> 00:00:30,19 Just. 6 00:00:45,38 --> 00:00:46,58 Here to have 7 00:00:46,59 --> 00:00:51,44 a quorum first all announced this meeting is being recorded by Saugus cable 8 00:00:51,45 --> 00:00:56,48 television and if anyone else is recording or planning on recording your 9 00:00:56,62 --> 00:01:03,10 presentation would you please announce at that this time. One. 10 00:01:07,69 --> 00:01:08,38 Day I would like to make 11 00:01:08,39 --> 00:01:15,12 a motion to take this course of presentation out of order. For that discussion on 12 00:01:15,13 --> 00:01:20,66 a favor. And. This is Superintendent we have 13 00:01:20,67 --> 00:01:23,32 a special presentation yes we do have 14 00:01:23,33 --> 00:01:29,98 a two hour introduced me to come up introduce my students. Principal 15 00:01:30,34 --> 00:01:31,39 versed elementary school. 16 00:01:46,97 --> 00:01:53,94 Welcome. In the evening. We are the students of the in high school we are here 17 00:01:53,95 --> 00:01:57,63 to set tell some amazing things about our school we have 18 00:01:57,64 --> 00:02:03,16 a motto at the in here and I am I know is it heaving aspiring. My name is your ID 19 00:02:03,17 --> 00:02:08,32 If you are one of the great things that I like about go in her school is still in 20 00:02:08,33 --> 00:02:13,71 her school meeting we have a special meeting once a month after you meet 21 00:02:13,72 --> 00:02:19,57 a meeting can perform tell jokes and show their the whole school at their mazing 22 00:02:19,58 --> 00:02:24,58 town Mr Mandela also gives out special awards these awards are called line. 23 00:02:26,84 --> 00:02:30,66 My name is Terence Carroll I've been at the in her since kindergarten I've had six 24 00:02:30,67 --> 00:02:34,03 teachers six classrooms and three principals in our new principal it started and 25 00:02:34,04 --> 00:02:38,44 which initially called the liners every month at our school meeting two students 26 00:02:38,45 --> 00:02:42,56 from each classroom are awarded these aren't hundreds Lionheart kids that try hard 27 00:02:42,57 --> 00:02:46,72 and don't give up in there for the kids that help others in lessons I myself have 28 00:02:46,73 --> 00:02:49,35 not gotten more of what I'm trying to so I think 29 00:02:49,36 --> 00:02:53,95 a lionheart is very important to the interest Good luck with that but Hello 30 00:02:53,96 --> 00:02:57,78 everyone my name is Abigail Wallace from the one her school our principal Mr 31 00:02:57,79 --> 00:03:02,14 Mandela asked us to question what makes our school special today I am here to tell 32 00:03:02,15 --> 00:03:04,76 you about our safety but I see if you patrol as 33 00:03:04,77 --> 00:03:11,37 a group of kids that get selected to help to keep our school see what they do. In. 34 00:03:12,80 --> 00:03:19,07 It's helped the students at our school. Whether it be that they fell or just giving 35 00:03:19,50 --> 00:03:23,96 them directions to their classroom the safety patrol comes before school and helps 36 00:03:23,97 --> 00:03:29,20 the teachers keep everyone safe and also holds the door when students come and see 37 00:03:29,21 --> 00:03:33,66 if you are a part in keeping our school see thank you for having me and have 38 00:03:33,67 --> 00:03:40,55 a nice. Thank you. Good evening I'm Cassius Yes and I am 39 00:03:40,75 --> 00:03:45,36 in the fifth gave them had to be right in his studio every morning when I left it 40 00:03:45,81 --> 00:03:48,24 says. Have you 41 00:03:48,25 --> 00:03:53,07 a worry and is the name Lee has for the morning announcements we say things like 42 00:03:53,08 --> 00:03:58,59 the date two days where their birthdays their lunch sometimes special announcements 43 00:03:58,63 --> 00:04:03,31 and the thought of the day that me etc and to rise and say the Pledge of Allegiance 44 00:04:04,12 --> 00:04:07,51 I did the debt deal a lie and on Tuesday I think I did 45 00:04:07,52 --> 00:04:13,45 a pretty good job. And is happening to fifth grade is 46 00:04:13,46 --> 00:04:18,26 a living birthday cards the gross employees his best day day as well personally 47 00:04:18,27 --> 00:04:23,43 receive a pencil and a card from the fifth gaze those are only a few was 48 00:04:23,44 --> 00:04:30,28 a great thing this year at the enhanced school thank you and. Good evening 49 00:04:30,29 --> 00:04:32,03 my name is Rachel Shay currently 50 00:04:32,04 --> 00:04:35,89 a fifth grader at Winters one of the things that makes the one her school great is 51 00:04:35,90 --> 00:04:40,20 the holiday shopping held in the winter kids kids are five gathered together to buy 52 00:04:40,21 --> 00:04:44,14 items for the family less than twelve dollars best part is the guest I thought 53 00:04:44,15 --> 00:04:46,01 phone loving so they look like they're bought from 54 00:04:46,02 --> 00:04:50,01 a real store students love the easy shopping in the beautiful wrapping that comes 55 00:04:50,02 --> 00:04:54,34 with it parents also get to volunteer if they would like to that's only one thing 56 00:04:54,35 --> 00:05:00,45 that makes Dylan her school excellent. And then we feel very lonely amazing things 57 00:05:00,46 --> 00:05:04,88 we do have learned her is this great helpers we have three different types of one 58 00:05:04,89 --> 00:05:09,56 of the jobs table washers there are two table washers Milwaukee table before and 59 00:05:09,57 --> 00:05:15,45 after launch another job. Through. Door on this corner cycle the last year although 60 00:05:15,46 --> 00:05:19,42 it was washroom helpers after the holders are done with lunch they go to their 61 00:05:19,43 --> 00:05:23,08 starting classroom and help out the students and teachers and personally helping 62 00:05:23,09 --> 00:05:27,48 one of the third grade classroom these are some of the many great things about war 63 00:05:27,49 --> 00:05:34,26 and. Thank you for having us this evening having to 64 00:05:34,42 --> 00:05:34,64 have 65 00:05:34,65 --> 00:05:46,26 a good day. Thank you. To 66 00:05:46,27 --> 00:05:46,60 all of that 67 00:05:46,61 --> 00:05:55,96 a wonderful job thank you for coming. Very proud of them. Just 68 00:05:55,97 --> 00:06:00,69 Mondello did you want to. I didn't want to say anything that I tried to do the 69 00:06:00,70 --> 00:06:04,19 student led student generated so they were running the show tonight so I was just 70 00:06:04,20 --> 00:06:09,17 in the back burners and in this came about because you asked them to answer 71 00:06:09,18 --> 00:06:13,89 a question of what they feel I tried to you know there wasn't much direction on the 72 00:06:13,90 --> 00:06:16,27 presentation so we kind of just I posed 73 00:06:16,28 --> 00:06:21,58 a question I wanted it to be not for me to try not to give his mark in any 74 00:06:21,59 --> 00:06:25,25 direction at all I was just trying to see what they would facilitate within 75 00:06:25,26 --> 00:06:25,85 a group and they did 76 00:06:25,86 --> 00:06:29,42 a wonderful job they did and you should be very proud thank you for having us thank 77 00:06:29,43 --> 00:06:36,30 you. The Lions. And the. Lions 78 00:06:36,38 --> 00:06:43,28 and at the present the thing. Well we're talking about students we might 79 00:06:43,32 --> 00:06:43,76 on the say 80 00:06:43,77 --> 00:06:49,44 a big thank you to the way very third grade for our work here spring is well it'll 81 00:06:49,45 --> 00:06:56,20 be here tomorrow I hear. And thank the students for brightening our room if they 82 00:06:56,21 --> 00:07:03,13 take turns. Next on the agenda back in 83 00:07:03,18 --> 00:07:09,57 order is public comment is there any public comment the C Evening. I. 84 00:07:10,64 --> 00:07:14,100 Please stay in the name of the directly. Christine Janko yack and I am better known 85 00:07:15,01 --> 00:07:15,99 as Mrs J. 86 00:07:16,52 --> 00:07:21,66 And I am the lone elementary music teacher in the town of Saugus for the past seven 87 00:07:21,67 --> 00:07:27,00 yes I am speaking on behalf of the Veterans Memorial School students in green K. 88 00:07:27,01 --> 00:07:31,30 Through three who have had to double up each grade level class for music class 89 00:07:31,31 --> 00:07:35,72 since the beginning of September the situation has been overwhelming for some of 90 00:07:35,73 --> 00:07:39,86 the students and very restricting for all of the children we got every day 91 00:07:39,87 --> 00:07:44,05 elementary music classrooms such as movement playing rhythm and other precaution 92 00:07:44,06 --> 00:07:49,21 instruments doing worksheets and overall student participation having support which 93 00:07:49,22 --> 00:07:53,56 means the addition of another person or persons in the room is comforting and 94 00:07:53,57 --> 00:07:58,39 necessary in terms of safety issues however the support does not negate the fact 95 00:07:58,40 --> 00:08:01,20 that I still have over thirty six children premieres 96 00:08:01,21 --> 00:08:06,34 a class in grade skate through three of the vets Ideally we need another elementary 97 00:08:06,35 --> 00:08:11,02 music teacher to complete our team of elementary specialists which at this time is 98 00:08:11,03 --> 00:08:16,26 comprised of two physics teachers to our teachers this would not only solve an 99 00:08:16,27 --> 00:08:20,21 ongoing yearly dilemma once and for all but would also provide 100 00:08:20,22 --> 00:08:25,25 a level playing field in elementary music comparable to Wotton physics allowing for 101 00:08:25,26 --> 00:08:30,34 all elementary schools to have music the entire year currently students either have 102 00:08:30,35 --> 00:08:30,75 a half 103 00:08:30,76 --> 00:08:35,89 a year of music then switch to literacy for the other half are have music all year 104 00:08:36,06 --> 00:08:40,09 but with doubled up grade level classes with the addition of another music teacher 105 00:08:40,10 --> 00:08:44,15 we could reinstate recorder's in third grade bring back the general elementary 106 00:08:44,16 --> 00:08:48,61 music concerts which have been lost since two thousand and seven performance is an 107 00:08:48,62 --> 00:08:53,45 important part of elementary music education because it builds confidence and able 108 00:08:53,46 --> 00:08:55,28 children to work together toward 109 00:08:55,29 --> 00:08:59,97 a common goal while learning musical skills of tempo and pitch at the very least 110 00:09:00,23 --> 00:09:04,47 the veteran students deserve to have the same equivalent experience as the three 111 00:09:04,48 --> 00:09:09,31 other elementary schools and that is having one single grade at a time perm use 112 00:09:09,32 --> 00:09:11,20 a class let's make music 113 00:09:11,21 --> 00:09:15,47 a positive experience. For all students with the opportunities for sharing in 114 00:09:15,48 --> 00:09:18,93 participating being afforded to each and every child thank you. 115 00:09:24,53 --> 00:09:30,56 To the right of the public comment the same man. Has come to the podium state name 116 00:09:30,57 --> 00:09:35,21 for the record please. Good evening my name is 117 00:09:35,22 --> 00:09:38,09 a Libya shops I'm going to be honest I don't have 118 00:09:38,10 --> 00:09:41,17 a speech written I don't know I was speaking to about twenty minutes ago when I 119 00:09:41,18 --> 00:09:44,92 decided it was not important to me so I'm speaking from my heart I'm sorry if I 120 00:09:44,93 --> 00:09:49,27 like to mess anything up I never want to but it's not important to me that I want 121 00:09:49,28 --> 00:09:56,23 to be here today for this. It's in credibly important to me that this budget is 122 00:09:56,24 --> 00:10:01,62 not cut I know that the town is in financial issues and sometimes it's needed to 123 00:10:01,63 --> 00:10:06,70 make cuts somewhere education is not where it should be I and my brother is in 124 00:10:06,71 --> 00:10:07,60 eighth grade I'm 125 00:10:07,61 --> 00:10:11,13 a senior in high school I've gone through the program I know everything there is to 126 00:10:11,14 --> 00:10:16,02 know about that school I joined the advanced academy when I was in when I was 127 00:10:16,03 --> 00:10:20,01 a freshman and I decided to drop out of it just because there's one course I don't 128 00:10:20,02 --> 00:10:22,23 want to take but I've taken A.P. 129 00:10:22,24 --> 00:10:27,52 Courses I've taken electives I've taken everything the school has to offer and I 130 00:10:27,53 --> 00:10:30,12 have to say that some of the things that made it such 131 00:10:30,13 --> 00:10:36,17 a great experience for me were the the small class sizes the classes who were 132 00:10:36,18 --> 00:10:41,19 offered the classics like. Changed my life completely back class is the best class 133 00:10:41,20 --> 00:10:47,46 I've ever taken in my lifetime and probably is going to say that way. My English 134 00:10:47,47 --> 00:10:50,80 classes they all help me every single class I've had has helped me in 135 00:10:50,81 --> 00:10:53,53 a lot of it is because of the small class sizes 136 00:10:54,09 --> 00:10:58,56 a lot of it is because of the different chances I had to do what I wanted there my 137 00:10:58,57 --> 00:11:02,32 brother is an eighth grade and he's considering going to the OR he's considering 138 00:11:02,33 --> 00:11:07,49 going to cycle and I was saying I want you to go to psych is high there are so many 139 00:11:07,50 --> 00:11:09,58 different options for you there there's 140 00:11:09,59 --> 00:11:13,29 a budget cut he's probably going to end up going to the boat you're going to have 141 00:11:13,30 --> 00:11:16,93 a lot of students that are going to go to the boat and go to other high schools 142 00:11:17,23 --> 00:11:21,87 because it's the high school won't have as much to offer and I would just like to 143 00:11:21,88 --> 00:11:27,43 say that I think that the education the youth we can do so much with it this year 144 00:11:27,44 --> 00:11:31,79 alone we have people going to Harvard people who went to MIT we have so many 145 00:11:31,80 --> 00:11:34,19 successful students and I would hate to see 146 00:11:34,32 --> 00:11:38,10 a different possibilities to not be taking completely because of 147 00:11:38,11 --> 00:11:40,71 a budget thank you the country thing and you keep going. 148 00:11:50,10 --> 00:11:56,20 Through any of the public comment the superman. Has. To say 149 00:11:57,12 --> 00:11:59,41 my name Smith there's only some of you might know me as 150 00:11:59,42 --> 00:12:05,91 a class representative for the senior class so. But I am here to talk about budget 151 00:12:05,92 --> 00:12:06,75 cuts so I'm 152 00:12:06,76 --> 00:12:11,49 a senior and so august high school so these budget cuts won't affect me next year 153 00:12:11,50 --> 00:12:16,71 but when I heard of these cuts it broke my heart because I know that all these 154 00:12:16,72 --> 00:12:19,93 years that underclassmen that I'm sitting here aren't going to receive the same 155 00:12:20,27 --> 00:12:26,17 quality of education that I received as are displaced people. Coming in here I did 156 00:12:26,18 --> 00:12:31,23 apply to private school so that was an option for me I also like Libya I was in the 157 00:12:31,24 --> 00:12:37,53 academy for a little while and continued to take seventy. At 158 00:12:37,54 --> 00:12:42,47 a high school so with those classes being offered there was 159 00:12:42,48 --> 00:12:47,73 a chance that I wouldn't have gone to high school and all the. Clubs and sports 160 00:12:47,87 --> 00:12:54,75 that are offered here. Just one thing but the small 161 00:12:54,76 --> 00:13:01,44 cost the share without even the budget cuts my largest classes which do not make 162 00:13:01,45 --> 00:13:07,84 any sense at all just so you got an idea my. Language and composition classes 163 00:13:07,85 --> 00:13:09,05 twenty five students and it's 164 00:13:09,06 --> 00:13:12,92 a class meant for discussion and that's almost impossible with 165 00:13:12,96 --> 00:13:16,74 a cost of twenty five students. It's more A.P. 166 00:13:16,75 --> 00:13:22,64 Classes are supposed to be like small little groups that are discussion and having 167 00:13:22,81 --> 00:13:27,23 classes with over twenty students makes it impossible so next year I can't even 168 00:13:27,24 --> 00:13:32,15 imagine what the talk of cutting all classes with out 169 00:13:32,16 --> 00:13:35,24 a minimum of twenty students is going to be like because having 170 00:13:35,25 --> 00:13:40,90 a class and I know I could probably speak on the teacher's behalf of like. That's 171 00:13:40,91 --> 00:13:46,65 impossible to teach and grade all that work it's impossible and you not going to 172 00:13:46,66 --> 00:13:51,59 receive the same quality of education if the big and that's one of the reasons I 173 00:13:51,60 --> 00:13:56,57 came here for the small class sizes. And that's how you make the relationships with 174 00:13:56,58 --> 00:14:01,33 your teachers I've gone the pleasure to know in some get to know some teachers 175 00:14:01,34 --> 00:14:06,99 behind me and that's another thing the thing that I'm most upset about is probably 176 00:14:07,20 --> 00:14:14,20 teachers being cut. Some of the teachers that are being cut 177 00:14:14,21 --> 00:14:20,17 I know I haven't been here for I know it goes by like seniority so the teachers 178 00:14:20,18 --> 00:14:26,01 that have been. Most likely going to be the ones that get cut those are some of the 179 00:14:26,02 --> 00:14:31,62 best teachers that I have experience working with at Saugus high school I don't 180 00:14:31,63 --> 00:14:34,63 know if I can talk about one teacher. 181 00:14:41,65 --> 00:14:42,66 I did not have as 182 00:14:42,67 --> 00:14:46,21 a teacher but I'm the president of National So I had the pleasure of working here 183 00:14:46,28 --> 00:14:51,93 with her this year and she is so involved in Saugus high school and she plays such 184 00:14:51,94 --> 00:14:56,11 a key role key role in the high school she's a softball coach she's 185 00:14:56,12 --> 00:14:57,86 a National Honor Society She's 186 00:14:57,87 --> 00:15:03,52 a junior class advisor she runs scheme board and she's only been here for three 187 00:15:03,53 --> 00:15:07,40 years and I don't think that's fair that she deserves to get cut just because she's 188 00:15:07,41 --> 00:15:13,25 only been here for three years when she's taken on hard honors classes now she's 189 00:15:13,26 --> 00:15:16,28 teaching and maybe one day she'll teach and A.P. 190 00:15:16,29 --> 00:15:21,53 Costs which is more than qualified for but I just don't think just so you got 191 00:15:21,54 --> 00:15:22,01 a little bit of 192 00:15:22,02 --> 00:15:29,13 a sense. Today we went to our state conference and we won the 193 00:15:29,14 --> 00:15:34,53 game ended chapter we're at it so we got recognition in a state and that's 194 00:15:34,54 --> 00:15:39,33 a really big thing for us. Only 195 00:15:39,34 --> 00:15:45,76 a few other schools in the state recognize and has really changed N.H.S. 196 00:15:45,77 --> 00:15:50,34 Culture here talking to high school I don't know if you think this is important but 197 00:15:50,35 --> 00:15:54,100 a few years ago we were just known for budget this year we did community events all 198 00:15:55,01 --> 00:15:57,46 around the town of Saugus doing 199 00:15:57,47 --> 00:16:03,44 a trash mob in the fall in December we volunteered. For 200 00:16:03,45 --> 00:16:07,39 a week helping them with their tour drive and delivering them delivering their 201 00:16:07,40 --> 00:16:13,37 gifts we just gone to the soldiers home. Our match March Madness week for charity 202 00:16:13,41 --> 00:16:18,39 raised two thousand dollars for the Wounded Warrior Project So these of these great 203 00:16:18,40 --> 00:16:22,47 things that are happening at our school would not be possible without these amazing 204 00:16:22,71 --> 00:16:28,57 amazing teachers and advisers. So I just urge you to think of that. 205 00:16:30,02 --> 00:16:30,69 And I know it's 206 00:16:30,86 --> 00:16:37,84 a lot easier said than done from this money you need to change the budget but. You 207 00:16:37,88 --> 00:16:44,64 guys are our voice and I just we need you to fight for us because Thank you we 208 00:16:44,68 --> 00:16:48,08 don't want to have anyone I know we don't want we have and we want to you know our 209 00:16:48,09 --> 00:16:53,93 voice that we need to fight prosperous and I know some of you I have I know you 210 00:16:53,94 --> 00:16:56,10 have a son high school you have 211 00:16:56,11 --> 00:17:01,03 a daughter and son coming are I know you want to probably I know you probably want 212 00:17:01,04 --> 00:17:06,99 them there receive the same education that I receive and I don't think it's fair if 213 00:17:06,100 --> 00:17:11,34 they don't and I don't think it's fair for these teachers to be cut so we think we 214 00:17:11,38 --> 00:17:16,16 know I mean look at Saugus produces awesome students like you know we want to keep 215 00:17:16,17 --> 00:17:18,98 it that way you should be very proud of yourself and. 216 00:17:32,17 --> 00:17:33,23 Public comment to see. 217 00:17:40,80 --> 00:17:45,12 I mean is and ratty and I want to come up first going off to come up again I don't 218 00:17:45,13 --> 00:17:50,75 want to be awkward so OK. I'm not going to cry every thing that's already been said 219 00:17:50,76 --> 00:17:55,21 by trying to say Toto support everything and Sammy all of you have said. Like 220 00:17:55,27 --> 00:17:57,11 a living I have a brother coming up I mean he's 221 00:17:57,15 --> 00:18:00,86 a freshman now and you know I've been in the academy 222 00:18:01,18 --> 00:18:06,50 a lot and it is an immense part of my life. And I just kind of I know you guys are 223 00:18:06,51 --> 00:18:10,20 already convinced of all we're saying and so I kind of I'm just here to add some 224 00:18:10,21 --> 00:18:17,14 more like supporting arguments. So this year. I know it's hard 225 00:18:17,18 --> 00:18:22,54 I know cuts have to be made somewhere and I know that in other towns when faced 226 00:18:22,55 --> 00:18:22,76 with 227 00:18:22,77 --> 00:18:26,19 a similar struggle like this usually the first things to go are the arts departments 228 00:18:26,20 --> 00:18:31,56 are the language departments and I just kind of want to say that you know we have 229 00:18:31,57 --> 00:18:34,55 this idea that it has to be stemming English Those are the most important things 230 00:18:34,56 --> 00:18:39,67 but truly from my perspective the language department Spanish an attack Spanish and 231 00:18:39,68 --> 00:18:44,81 why and have been the things that have been like most present and most powerful in 232 00:18:44,82 --> 00:18:49,21 my life there is I was high school and in my college applications it's really given 233 00:18:49,22 --> 00:18:55,37 me a leg up and teachers they are educators but when you go to 234 00:18:55,38 --> 00:18:59,23 a big school and you only have three guidance counselors it's just it's not enough 235 00:18:59,30 --> 00:19:00,02 you know so 236 00:19:00,03 --> 00:19:06,62 a lot of our students see guidance in other teachers and my Latin teacher and my 237 00:19:06,63 --> 00:19:12,11 Spanish teacher Latin I've had her for years Mr Li and Mr Nada had her freshman 238 00:19:12,12 --> 00:19:18,50 year and again last year for the Spanish. They're so much more than teachers 239 00:19:19,07 --> 00:19:23,55 and I think we all have had someone in our lives like that hopefully an educator 240 00:19:23,56 --> 00:19:30,35 like that and I mean so much more. And had so many opportunities. To 241 00:19:30,36 --> 00:19:33,80 me and to other students that some of us had were selected for 242 00:19:33,81 --> 00:19:40,59 a Samsung sponsored. Stem Academy at MIT that I didn't know existed until brought 243 00:19:40,60 --> 00:19:45,80 to my attention by one of these teachers. COLLEGE APPLICATIONS colleges I didn't 244 00:19:45,81 --> 00:19:51,91 hear of helping me with my essay. Helping me pick the right colleges that will give 245 00:19:51,92 --> 00:19:52,31 me 246 00:19:53,31 --> 00:19:58,20 a chance to actually afford college so much more just being there when you're having 247 00:19:58,21 --> 00:20:04,99 a bad day. And so. I just wanted to say that I 248 00:20:05,00 --> 00:20:11,70 know it's hard. But I just urge you all to when you advocate for us to 249 00:20:11,71 --> 00:20:17,76 remind them that it's easy. To cut a name on a piece of paper it's easy to cut 250 00:20:17,80 --> 00:20:19,73 a Spanish teacher and 251 00:20:19,77 --> 00:20:26,67 a Latin teacher. Maybe. But you have to remember that this year 252 00:20:26,68 --> 00:20:28,16 your people and they make 253 00:20:28,40 --> 00:20:37,49 a tremendous. Impact. And 254 00:20:37,50 --> 00:20:43,10 know. If you can just relay that message. We will. 255 00:21:01,22 --> 00:21:06,89 About the young lady was very eloquent in her comments and we we will we do 256 00:21:06,90 --> 00:21:11,89 advocate we need you to come to the meetings we need you to come to the Finance 257 00:21:11,90 --> 00:21:16,33 Committee meeting in May We need you to come to the town meeting and stand up in 258 00:21:16,34 --> 00:21:21,55 the front of the fifty members who decide what we get for money and be as eloquent 259 00:21:21,59 --> 00:21:26,93 and be as emotional as you are now because we're only five people we need your help 260 00:21:26,94 --> 00:21:31,07 everybody that's in this audience we need you personally to be at these meetings 261 00:21:31,65 --> 00:21:38,22 and explain what you feel as the students and and your parents for what the schools 262 00:21:38,23 --> 00:21:43,29 need We're only given the amount of money we're given we don't ask we ask for 263 00:21:43,30 --> 00:21:44,71 a million a million dollars 264 00:21:44,72 --> 00:21:48,74 a million seven and we were told that the recommendation was only going to be four 265 00:21:48,75 --> 00:21:53,06 hundred thousand we didn't choose that figure we didn't ask for that figure that's 266 00:21:53,07 --> 00:21:56,84 what the town is saying they're going to give us and you know it's a it's 267 00:21:56,85 --> 00:22:00,87 a trite saying when they say you're preaching to the choir but you certainly are 268 00:22:00,88 --> 00:22:05,66 but if it doesn't go on deaf ears and we will with the administration do what we 269 00:22:05,67 --> 00:22:11,02 can to make that change we need you guys everyone that's here tonight and ten times 270 00:22:11,03 --> 00:22:15,62 old up come to the Finance Committee me I'm sure that your principles will give you 271 00:22:15,63 --> 00:22:21,29 the dates that they are all the administration will give you updates come to me 272 00:22:21,57 --> 00:22:23,99 when the when the budget is. Discussed you have 273 00:22:24,00 --> 00:22:28,27 a right to get up here and speak and if there's one hundred students that are up 274 00:22:28,28 --> 00:22:33,60 there to speak speak your mind speak your emotions that's what we need we need you 275 00:22:33,61 --> 00:22:39,42 to speak for yourselves and to help us where we're only the voice of an elected 276 00:22:39,43 --> 00:22:44,57 bunch of people that ask us to help out but you know other ones and your parents 277 00:22:44,58 --> 00:22:48,92 are the ones that kind of vote these people in and out and tell them this is what 278 00:22:48,93 --> 00:22:51,46 we want so please make 279 00:22:51,60 --> 00:22:55,78 a ring bring yourselves and your voices in every want to your friends tell your 280 00:22:55,79 --> 00:22:59,45 friends fill the building up get up there and speak when they ask for public 281 00:22:59,46 --> 00:23:00,50 comment you have 282 00:23:00,51 --> 00:23:05,44 a right to get up there and speak you can't be denied that right so I mean it's not 283 00:23:05,45 --> 00:23:10,30 like it's not accepted here that what you say we all know it we live it with the 284 00:23:10,31 --> 00:23:15,08 administration every day these are not cuts that we are advocating And these aren't 285 00:23:15,09 --> 00:23:19,08 cuts that we've agreed to at all but based on the amount of money that's been 286 00:23:19,09 --> 00:23:24,14 recommended four hundred thousand dollars is not enough to run the schools the way 287 00:23:24,15 --> 00:23:27,96 we need to run them so thank you for being here and I'm sure there are going to be 288 00:23:28,00 --> 00:23:33,36 more great comments but you know you had all your clubs all your National Honor 289 00:23:33,37 --> 00:23:34,93 Society Come come as 290 00:23:34,94 --> 00:23:39,86 a group come as individuals hundred people two hundred people come to this town has 291 00:23:39,87 --> 00:23:42,08 never seen one hundred students show up at 292 00:23:42,09 --> 00:23:46,54 a meeting it's never happened I'm sure that's an easy easy figure for you guys to 293 00:23:46,55 --> 00:23:49,10 come up with one hundred students to come up to 294 00:23:49,11 --> 00:23:54,17 a meeting if you're if you're as eloquent and emotional as you are now you can't 295 00:23:54,18 --> 00:23:54,75 help but make 296 00:23:54,76 --> 00:24:00,49 a dent on some of these mines and and get people to support what we think we need 297 00:24:00,99 --> 00:24:05,80 so THANK YOU THANK YOU GUYS WE feel the same way you do we certainly do when you 298 00:24:05,81 --> 00:24:12,27 think it's coming out of. Because we know what the schools mean to the. Kids 299 00:24:12,61 --> 00:24:17,15 how we grow up the teachers we grew up with we still have the memories who guided 300 00:24:17,16 --> 00:24:23,99 us in life sell them to. Name for the record 301 00:24:24,00 --> 00:24:30,17 please Kenny I'm just. So we're here on the behalf of twenty sixteen I'm the 302 00:24:30,18 --> 00:24:35,99 concert presented and I'm cost twenty six vice president So basically today we had 303 00:24:36,00 --> 00:24:39,78 a meeting with our costs and we were just talking about the budget cut and everyone 304 00:24:39,79 --> 00:24:45,21 was saying how cutting the budget means cut and there's going to be less teachers 305 00:24:45,26 --> 00:24:48,62 and not only is that can impact our education it's going to impact where we go to 306 00:24:48,63 --> 00:24:55,13 college and my class I very very proud of we were very prestigious and I 307 00:24:55,47 --> 00:24:59,17 think that we are the future doctors and we're the future of lawyers and I think 308 00:24:59,18 --> 00:25:05,41 we're one of the most impressive classes that Saudis has seen so. Much and I 309 00:25:06,00 --> 00:25:12,97 was. Was you know I think that 310 00:25:12,98 --> 00:25:18,93 you know some also say one of the better classes too but OK so 311 00:25:19,79 --> 00:25:24,22 I definitely agree with all of what Taylor has said and I agree that twenty fifteen 312 00:25:24,23 --> 00:25:30,48 is also one of the most amazing cos it's obvious high risk. And that's mostly due 313 00:25:30,49 --> 00:25:35,14 to the academy program that was started their freshman year this program offered 314 00:25:35,32 --> 00:25:36,33 multiple A.P. 315 00:25:36,34 --> 00:25:39,69 Courses to be taken by students all throughout the year their schedule was 316 00:25:39,70 --> 00:25:43,30 basically planned out as freshman so they knew just how many A.P. 317 00:25:43,31 --> 00:25:48,25 Courses they would be taking all for their four years and this Sat schedule allowed 318 00:25:48,26 --> 00:25:52,82 them to plan and organize and help them prepare for college just as 319 00:25:52,83 --> 00:25:57,16 a freshman so they knew everything that they were going to face down the road and 320 00:25:57,26 --> 00:25:58,28 with all these A.P. 321 00:25:58,29 --> 00:26:03,09 Courses that they were able to take with this program I mean some of the most 322 00:26:03,10 --> 00:26:09,34 amazing like students were accepted to Christie just call just such as MIT are bird 323 00:26:09,72 --> 00:26:15,10 like that's just crazy for Assad and you know with applying to college and if your 324 00:26:15,11 --> 00:26:21,91 name was. So. Different from yours coming out just 325 00:26:21,92 --> 00:26:25,89 kind of like we. We're getting you know gypped and deprived verification because 326 00:26:26,15 --> 00:26:26,73 with A.P. 327 00:26:26,74 --> 00:26:30,84 Classes and you know the student teacher ratio going it's not going to only factor 328 00:26:30,85 --> 00:26:34,40 education but it's going to affect where we're able to attend college when they 329 00:26:34,41 --> 00:26:39,18 look at our school profile and they see you know are the classes we offer or maybe 330 00:26:39,19 --> 00:26:40,22 our you know 331 00:26:40,53 --> 00:26:45,37 a less than other schools in the ratio of teachers to students is higher they're 332 00:26:45,38 --> 00:26:49,15 going to you know some of the colleges are going to laugh at us I don't know if you 333 00:26:49,16 --> 00:26:55,96 want to level out. That's actually. But I want to be able to 334 00:26:55,97 --> 00:27:01,22 make sure that with our students with all of our great students in the potential 335 00:27:01,23 --> 00:27:04,84 that we have that we're able to reach that potential and not be set back at all 336 00:27:04,85 --> 00:27:06,19 because our school profile is 337 00:27:06,20 --> 00:27:12,60 a little you know less competitive than other schools. And I said before with the 338 00:27:12,64 --> 00:27:17,71 especially the foreign language apart and with that that although it's seen as one 339 00:27:17,72 --> 00:27:23,74 of the less important departments or however. It is one of the most important to us 340 00:27:23,75 --> 00:27:27,85 as students and being able to take these A.P. 341 00:27:27,86 --> 00:27:33,98 Language classes really is going to enhance our education and allow us to. Any A.P. 342 00:27:33,99 --> 00:27:40,58 Courses if the college accepted to. Get out of college and especially with 343 00:27:40,95 --> 00:27:41,48 an A.P. 344 00:27:41,49 --> 00:27:48,28 Language class. And not only with just these classes with the 345 00:27:48,29 --> 00:27:53,93 teachers being cut whom these classes and said this before but they're not just 346 00:27:53,94 --> 00:28:00,93 teachers to us as students their mentor is even best friends like I mean I'm 347 00:28:00,94 --> 00:28:07,27 just going there names like especially. Now and I've had the pleasure of working 348 00:28:07,28 --> 00:28:13,84 with her all four years of three years up until now who buys her and I work hand in 349 00:28:13,85 --> 00:28:19,30 hand with her throat these three years and just the talks the advice she's given me 350 00:28:19,40 --> 00:28:25,93 not only with school but we just life in general it's truly just amazing 351 00:28:26,60 --> 00:28:30,69 I think I can speak for most of her class mispronounce Willis teachers that you can 352 00:28:30,70 --> 00:28:34,45 go to with any kind of problem any time of the day and she can always you know give 353 00:28:34,46 --> 00:28:39,21 you the advice you need in she can is always she's always there to help you she is 354 00:28:39,22 --> 00:28:42,04 not only a school in a concert visor she's 355 00:28:42,05 --> 00:28:46,36 a mentor and someone like guards and someone that we trust and go to with all of 356 00:28:46,37 --> 00:28:53,07 our problems. These codes aren't just going to impact our education but they're 357 00:28:53,08 --> 00:28:59,32 also going to really impact us as people. Think 358 00:29:00,21 --> 00:29:05,88 it's. Meeting with sex. Thank 359 00:29:05,84 --> 00:29:09,89 you you thank. 360 00:29:15,58 --> 00:29:20,56 Yes there any of the public comment the same thing just come to the podium please. 361 00:29:22,71 --> 00:29:27,84 State your name for the record. Good evening my name is Richard 362 00:29:28,62 --> 00:29:31,49 a teacher at Saugus high school. And also 363 00:29:31,50 --> 00:29:36,61 a resident Saugus once we got to agenda items the first one is the S.P.C. 364 00:29:36,61 --> 00:29:42,49 . Face of education coming up on April twenty seventh. 365 00:29:44,11 --> 00:29:48,04 Pretty funny that I typically go unfortunately I won't be able to make it this year 366 00:29:48,05 --> 00:29:52,19 I'll be returning from one of the school trips that you guys sponsor and I have 367 00:29:52,20 --> 00:29:54,03 always endorsed this is really 368 00:29:54,04 --> 00:29:57,51 a way to get in there thank you once again and I'm going to stretch it all out well 369 00:29:57,92 --> 00:30:02,15 for those who are here tonight or watching at home to NOT have never heard of the S 370 00:30:02,16 --> 00:30:07,38 B C case of education I implore you to get involved I want to go to have 371 00:30:07,39 --> 00:30:11,90 a great time the money raised goes directly back to the kids through their schools 372 00:30:12,00 --> 00:30:16,21 and it's going tough times an event like that is something that we have to support 373 00:30:16,22 --> 00:30:20,70 So for those of you who aren't so now you've got to talk about of it's April twenty 374 00:30:20,71 --> 00:30:26,04 seventh. The other item I'd like to speak of it is one it's not nearly as black and 375 00:30:26,05 --> 00:30:31,02 it's the budget reduction plans that we're going to be seeing tonight. A few years 376 00:30:31,03 --> 00:30:34,45 ago so I guess high school went through its accreditation and we were faulted in 377 00:30:34,49 --> 00:30:37,87 several areas some of which were out of our control the quality of the building 378 00:30:37,88 --> 00:30:41,13 things of that nature were also cited for having 379 00:30:41,14 --> 00:30:46,43 a mission statement one that no one really understood it was plastered on our wall 380 00:30:46,81 --> 00:30:49,95 and we pointed toward the beginning of the year but when asked to express what it 381 00:30:49,96 --> 00:30:55,34 meant to us as students as faculty we really could not express that idea when we 382 00:30:55,35 --> 00:30:58,55 were cited for that a committee was formed and we decided to create 383 00:30:58,56 --> 00:31:01,85 a new mission statement and we got together and we started Think of what is it we 384 00:31:01,86 --> 00:31:07,05 believe and we realized what we believed we believed in these kids and it's hard 385 00:31:07,10 --> 00:31:12,12 not to believe in these kids they rock you Sarge. We know that you know that we 386 00:31:12,13 --> 00:31:15,98 know that you know that mission statement we believe in saved from pride and all 387 00:31:15,99 --> 00:31:19,90 the other we believe statements that go with it are heartfelt from the staff and so 388 00:31:19,91 --> 00:31:24,05 I guess I school and I feel as if they're heartfelt from the staff of the entire 389 00:31:24,06 --> 00:31:29,34 public school system here inside this I'd like to think that we make our decisions 390 00:31:29,35 --> 00:31:33,84 based on that mission statement at least I do when I decide to change my curriculum 391 00:31:34,00 --> 00:31:34,62 to try to bring 392 00:31:34,63 --> 00:31:39,13 a new primary source for my students to read it because I believe that they will 393 00:31:39,14 --> 00:31:43,73 believe it's an exciting thing in history to see something wrong they're citing 394 00:31:43,74 --> 00:31:47,33 Bellarine but I haven't read that but I believe in our kids I think they can be 395 00:31:47,34 --> 00:31:51,20 challenge I think they can reach new heights in the Mission Statement capsule it's 396 00:31:51,21 --> 00:31:56,09 that. That's the success story that we put forth every day and it's pretty 397 00:31:56,20 --> 00:32:01,02 personified in the young men and women who are in our schools I got thinking what's 398 00:32:01,03 --> 00:32:03,33 the district's mission statement because as 399 00:32:03,34 --> 00:32:07,87 a school employee for the past fifteen years I had never read it so I went on to 400 00:32:07,88 --> 00:32:13,19 the World Wide Web and I found that mission statement it is the mission of the 401 00:32:13,20 --> 00:32:17,64 Saugus public schools is to educate challenge in empower students to be lifelong 402 00:32:17,65 --> 00:32:21,93 learners and to achieve excellence with integrity in the twenty first century as 403 00:32:21,94 --> 00:32:27,24 productive caring and contributing members of our society gradually you guys are 404 00:32:27,25 --> 00:32:32,06 doing that but I'm not sure if the decisions that are made when it comes to budget 405 00:32:32,07 --> 00:32:36,18 reductions are made with that mission statement in mind and I say that because 406 00:32:36,19 --> 00:32:41,40 today my colleagues many of them were told about budget cuts and some of them were 407 00:32:41,41 --> 00:32:43,76 told that they might be losing their jobs it's 408 00:32:43,77 --> 00:32:48,59 a tragic story and it's not one that's foreign to our ears we've been there. We 409 00:32:48,60 --> 00:32:52,59 don't want to go there again you're right we need to be at that town meeting I've 410 00:32:52,60 --> 00:32:56,86 been at plenty of town meetings in the past and unfortunately I have seen town 411 00:32:56,87 --> 00:33:01,97 meeting members close discussion on budget issues so that happens we're going to 412 00:33:01,98 --> 00:33:05,72 need you guys to scream and yell it will be unfair if these kids voices are not 413 00:33:05,73 --> 00:33:12,65 heard in addition to that I was embarrassed today when I received an e-mail 414 00:33:12,66 --> 00:33:13,35 for a posting of 415 00:33:13,36 --> 00:33:19,29 a position for the next school year it's about forty five thousand dollars for an 416 00:33:19,55 --> 00:33:23,81 employee of the district who can work an entire year without ever talking to 417 00:33:23,82 --> 00:33:30,19 a kid we're going to be laying off teachers and we're hiring someone else who can 418 00:33:30,20 --> 00:33:33,05 work the entire school year without talking to 419 00:33:33,06 --> 00:33:39,46 a single kid I'm sorry if we're making decisions for our future we're laying 420 00:33:39,47 --> 00:33:44,20 teachers off how can we be not hiring those people and putting money forward to 421 00:33:44,21 --> 00:33:48,46 people who are going to work in an office and not talk to kids. I don't know if you 422 00:33:48,47 --> 00:33:53,39 guys are making decisions based on this mission statement that you have I know that 423 00:33:53,40 --> 00:33:57,50 when I present myself in front of my students my mission statement is behind me the 424 00:33:57,51 --> 00:34:01,89 entire way I only hope that you guys move forward you do the same thing thank you. 425 00:34:02,94 --> 00:34:09,89 Thank you. Thank you 426 00:34:10,46 --> 00:34:16,45 for. The many of the public comment to see. 427 00:34:21,63 --> 00:34:23,05 I was really planning on staying in 428 00:34:23,06 --> 00:34:27,50 a mining wreck of Cooper and my son Sean attends the Ballard School He's four years 429 00:34:27,51 --> 00:34:32,92 old he attends a special education program. I know the city is the town's had 430 00:34:32,93 --> 00:34:36,69 a lot of financial difficulties over the years and his principal had told me that 431 00:34:36,73 --> 00:34:42,24 the city was planning on making cuts to the educational programs. Joint seen some 432 00:34:42,25 --> 00:34:45,38 great progress going to the ballet school is now starting to talk and 433 00:34:45,89 --> 00:34:48,66 a lot of the advances come from his teachers and the people that are there to 434 00:34:48,67 --> 00:34:54,20 support him and I just don't think that the financial difficulties of the town that 435 00:34:54,21 --> 00:34:58,61 have resulted from the adults in this town should be the burden of the students of 436 00:34:58,62 --> 00:35:04,07 this town it's really it's really something to me to see the adults of this 437 00:35:04,08 --> 00:35:08,22 community say that we're going to cut back the students cut that the people who 438 00:35:08,23 --> 00:35:13,09 need it in that the most out of everybody I mean there's there's probably 439 00:35:13,10 --> 00:35:17,08 a lot of ways we can cut back in the city that don't have to affect the music 440 00:35:17,09 --> 00:35:21,18 programs in the special education programs in the programs in the high school I 441 00:35:21,19 --> 00:35:25,40 didn't attend Saugus high my brother did but I just don't think that this is the 442 00:35:25,41 --> 00:35:30,20 right way or the proper way to go about fixing the financial deficits that were not 443 00:35:30,21 --> 00:35:33,98 created by the people who are going to be burdened by these cuts thank you very 444 00:35:33,99 --> 00:35:40,36 much thank you. Thank. 445 00:35:44,27 --> 00:35:46,13 You any other public comment deceive me. 446 00:35:53,92 --> 00:35:58,18 Hi. Michelle supercard I noticed you had to record 447 00:35:58,19 --> 00:36:03,41 a lot of I didn't plan that sorry. Things with her about your. 448 00:36:05,40 --> 00:36:12,16 Interest to me. So today I I came to advocate for my students and at the end of the 449 00:36:12,17 --> 00:36:17,20 day I just I would like to make it clear that this this doesn't come down to me I 450 00:36:17,21 --> 00:36:21,98 am one person it's you know I can go out and I can go find another job in another 451 00:36:21,99 --> 00:36:23,59 district that's not going to be 452 00:36:23,60 --> 00:36:28,43 a problem for me but what I need to come here and advocate for is my kids in 453 00:36:28,44 --> 00:36:34,33 everybody who's standing here today because they deserve better education and what 454 00:36:34,34 --> 00:36:37,08 it comes down to is that they as 455 00:36:37,09 --> 00:36:42,96 a whole feel very slighted and they feel that as they are students in this district 456 00:36:42,97 --> 00:36:43,41 they don't have 457 00:36:43,42 --> 00:36:48,04 a voice in nobody is listening to them and nobody is looking out for them they're 458 00:36:48,05 --> 00:36:51,62 hearing about all these budget cuts and they're thinking about their experiences in 459 00:36:51,63 --> 00:36:56,97 school in school sports in school activities in you know most of them pay as much 460 00:36:57,11 --> 00:37:01,18 to play softball then you know if you go to a different school they pay for 461 00:37:01,19 --> 00:37:02,29 a very rigorous I.C.T. 462 00:37:02,30 --> 00:37:09,18 Course. And when push comes to shove they pour their all into everything 463 00:37:09,19 --> 00:37:14,93 they do. And they are proud to go to Saugus high and it's 464 00:37:14,94 --> 00:37:20,47 a shame that so many of them at this current point in time feel ashamed of their 465 00:37:20,48 --> 00:37:26,18 high school and ashamed of their town because this from what I've seen as 466 00:37:26,19 --> 00:37:32,93 a great town I love these kids they're amazing they have so much promise They're 467 00:37:32,94 --> 00:37:36,75 incredible and they're outstanding and you know what someday they're really going 468 00:37:36,76 --> 00:37:40,72 to be something and what it comes down to is how are they going to come back and 469 00:37:40,73 --> 00:37:43,35 how are they going to look at their community are they going to look at their 470 00:37:43,36 --> 00:37:46,98 community of Saugus and are they going to say you know what my town really was in 471 00:37:46,99 --> 00:37:47,84 the middle of of 472 00:37:47,85 --> 00:37:52,04 a financial crisis and they pulled through and they really supported us or are they 473 00:37:52,05 --> 00:37:56,34 going to look back and are they going to say well you know my school didn't really 474 00:37:56,35 --> 00:38:00,18 advocate for me and I felt really slighted and I felt like I wasn't really 475 00:38:00,19 --> 00:38:04,36 important so I'm not going to join the alumni association I'm not going to choose 476 00:38:04,37 --> 00:38:04,61 to buy 477 00:38:04,62 --> 00:38:07,87 a house in Saugus I'm not going to be part of this community anymore because they 478 00:38:07,88 --> 00:38:11,39 didn't support me when I needed it the most and when you look at all these kids 479 00:38:11,40 --> 00:38:14,81 here I don't know about you but I've never seen as many seventeen and eight year 480 00:38:14,82 --> 00:38:16,18 old eighteen year old children at 481 00:38:16,19 --> 00:38:21,33 a school committee meeting they they are clearly very passionate they clearly have 482 00:38:21,39 --> 00:38:27,96 very very strong opinions as to what should happen to their school. So first I just 483 00:38:27,97 --> 00:38:31,08 wanted to speak on their behalf Secondly I am also 484 00:38:31,09 --> 00:38:35,85 a foreign language teacher and I have been presented with over the past couple days 485 00:38:35,86 --> 00:38:40,31 the thought of cutting the middle school foreign language department into even 486 00:38:40,32 --> 00:38:44,02 though I don't teach at the middle school the foreign language department the high 487 00:38:44,03 --> 00:38:49,92 school will be very dramatically impacted and the College Board OK which is the 488 00:38:50,35 --> 00:38:53,39 system that dictates what A.P. 489 00:38:53,40 --> 00:38:59,73 Students can take and what not specifically identifies a school that can have in 490 00:38:59,74 --> 00:39:03,12 a piece managed language program as a school that has 491 00:39:03,13 --> 00:39:06,95 a. Accessible middle school foreign language program so by cutting the middle 492 00:39:06,96 --> 00:39:13,60 school foreign language program you are in. In theory also completely entirely 493 00:39:13,61 --> 00:39:15,07 eliminating the A.P. 494 00:39:15,31 --> 00:39:19,74 TRO Graham So if these students don't get the opportunity to have 495 00:39:19,75 --> 00:39:23,18 a foreign language in the sixth seventh and eighth grade they can't come up to the 496 00:39:23,19 --> 00:39:27,12 high school in pursue their foreign language studies because they will not be 497 00:39:27,13 --> 00:39:28,61 eligible to go and take the A.P. 498 00:39:28,62 --> 00:39:33,46 Exam it's just it's not that's that's what the College Board dictates A.P. 499 00:39:33,47 --> 00:39:34,36 Language or A.P. 500 00:39:34,37 --> 00:39:39,86 Spanish is your five it's not your four and that's what it comes down to it's by 501 00:39:39,90 --> 00:39:42,31 eliminating these programs it does have 502 00:39:42,32 --> 00:39:45,89 a very very serious impact on our kids fluency in 503 00:39:45,90 --> 00:39:50,48 a second language it's becoming so much more popular for when our kids go home when 504 00:39:50,49 --> 00:39:54,03 they're looking at postgraduate studies when they're looking at graduate schools 505 00:39:54,12 --> 00:39:58,78 it's not uncommon to go and find on a list of requirements fluency in 506 00:39:58,79 --> 00:40:00,36 a second language proficiency in 507 00:40:00,37 --> 00:40:04,36 a second language so if now we're going to start limiting them and if we're going 508 00:40:04,37 --> 00:40:08,11 to take away the high school are the middle school Spanish they're not going to 509 00:40:08,12 --> 00:40:11,82 have that opportunity they're not going to be able to make it through all of those 510 00:40:11,83 --> 00:40:13,74 courses in successfully complete 511 00:40:13,75 --> 00:40:18,54 a foreign language curriculum when you're talking about development the way foreign 512 00:40:18,55 --> 00:40:23,47 language in the way your brain develops. The older you are when you start learning 513 00:40:23,48 --> 00:40:27,60 a language the harder it is to learn so if anybody tried to learn 514 00:40:27,61 --> 00:40:31,24 a language starting at fifteen years old it's not that it's pointless because it's 515 00:40:31,25 --> 00:40:32,31 not you can always learn 516 00:40:32,32 --> 00:40:36,63 a language but it's by far not as easy as it would have been if you started at age 517 00:40:36,64 --> 00:40:41,51 twelve like they currently do down at the middle school and by getting rid of those 518 00:40:41,52 --> 00:40:44,92 programs by getting rid of that exposure it's robbing students of 519 00:40:44,93 --> 00:40:47,27 a very important experience as 520 00:40:47,28 --> 00:40:51,85 a department and I know I'm speaking for the part when I say this is not just about 521 00:40:51,99 --> 00:40:52,35 teaching 522 00:40:52,36 --> 00:40:58,02 a kid how to say the book is read in another language OK Our our department is 523 00:40:58,51 --> 00:41:03,50 beyond that our department teaches tolerance our department teaches the dangers of 524 00:41:03,51 --> 00:41:09,72 prejudices in racism and those are very important messages that our kids need to 525 00:41:09,73 --> 00:41:13,08 hear in the here and in the sixth grade in the here in the seventh grade and the 526 00:41:13,09 --> 00:41:16,38 here in the eighth grade then they come up to the high school and they do much more 527 00:41:16,39 --> 00:41:20,20 advanced cultural studies in we're building tolerant students and we're building 528 00:41:20,28 --> 00:41:24,97 these students were building them so if we start getting rid of the programs that 529 00:41:24,98 --> 00:41:31,37 made these kids who they are. You're not going to have these kids or kids like this 530 00:41:31,38 --> 00:41:36,30 sitting in front of you anymore. And I understand that certain things have to you 531 00:41:36,31 --> 00:41:36,64 know it's 532 00:41:36,65 --> 00:41:40,39 a give and take I know that and I know the budget you're being presented with is 533 00:41:40,43 --> 00:41:44,44 you know beyond your control I understand that but when you're looking at things to 534 00:41:44,45 --> 00:41:50,21 cut cutting foreign language programs is really not the way to go it it impacts the 535 00:41:50,22 --> 00:41:50,75 students 536 00:41:50,79 --> 00:41:55,41 a great great deal and not only at the middle school level it impacts them all the 537 00:41:55,42 --> 00:42:02,08 way through it it impacts them at the high school. And that's. Thank you and thank 538 00:42:02,09 --> 00:42:08,74 you thank. YOU THANK YOU 539 00:42:08,84 --> 00:42:15,76 THANK YOU It's not I don't know five big advocates for you guys 540 00:42:15,83 --> 00:42:21,91 then the five people up here we we're going to do everything we can everything 541 00:42:21,99 --> 00:42:28,04 within our power with out of our power to not make any cuts believe me the people 542 00:42:28,05 --> 00:42:34,49 who know me know me passion and will not I love this town know I love this school 543 00:42:35,43 --> 00:42:41,22 OK I wouldn't live anywhere else I wouldn't send my kids anywhere else and we're 544 00:42:41,23 --> 00:42:46,66 going to fight until they take us till they drag us out of there and not make any. 545 00:42:49,88 --> 00:42:55,78 We still need help from others we do we need it all but you know what it is we're 546 00:42:55,79 --> 00:43:01,03 in it with you. So many of the public comment to see evening. 547 00:43:03,69 --> 00:43:04,60 My name is Rachel just 548 00:43:04,61 --> 00:43:09,02 a Tessler I'm an English teacher at August high school as want to echo what has 549 00:43:09,03 --> 00:43:12,41 been said so far and I'm so proud of the students that came here today and express 550 00:43:12,42 --> 00:43:16,84 themselves and what they believe I just want to also talk about how everything 551 00:43:16,88 --> 00:43:20,86 works together at the high school one of the things that I've really been impressed 552 00:43:20,87 --> 00:43:26,84 with at our school is how well the drama works with our school and how well all of 553 00:43:26,88 --> 00:43:29,55 the sports coaches work with us if I have 554 00:43:29,56 --> 00:43:31,48 a student that's struggling I know I can talk to 555 00:43:31,49 --> 00:43:35,53 a coach and that that coach and. I can both talk to that student and that's 556 00:43:35,54 --> 00:43:39,25 something that can motivate students who aren't who are struggling to sort of 557 00:43:39,26 --> 00:43:44,87 recommit to what they're doing and to recommit to school and the idea of not as 558 00:43:44,88 --> 00:43:50,34 many kids playing sports or doing drama. I think it just it hurts me when I think 559 00:43:50,35 --> 00:43:54,30 about how dramatically that's going to affect so many of our kids and I know you 560 00:43:54,31 --> 00:43:56,53 guys know that because it's for 561 00:43:56,54 --> 00:44:00,37 a lot of them that's what brightens them up and that's what makes them feel 562 00:44:00,38 --> 00:44:04,22 motivated and that's what helps them bond with their other students and what helps 563 00:44:04,23 --> 00:44:09,06 them see the school is their ally and I just hope that we continue to see those 564 00:44:09,07 --> 00:44:13,14 things as as valuable as they are as well as the academics. 565 00:44:21,97 --> 00:44:27,40 There any other public comment to see evening. To hash. 566 00:44:29,02 --> 00:44:32,39 Still have to state name gradually it would miss the Hashemite So I guess I can 567 00:44:33,04 --> 00:44:37,94 rather than the power principal of high school I was going to speak to I promised 568 00:44:37,95 --> 00:44:42,10 myself I wouldn't speak tonight but it's hard not to speak to what my students and 569 00:44:42,11 --> 00:44:48,62 stuff. And. I just want everybody to know I understand that you're in there 570 00:44:48,63 --> 00:44:52,10 fighting I hope that everybody's in there fighting I need everybody to understand 571 00:44:52,37 --> 00:44:58,57 that I'm out here fighting for preservation of all these programs and. The students 572 00:44:58,58 --> 00:45:01,15 and staff were asked to be here tonight in fact 573 00:45:01,46 --> 00:45:06,47 a lot of them asked me if it was appropriate to be here tonight and I said they 574 00:45:06,48 --> 00:45:09,31 have to do what they feel is right if that's something they feel very strongly 575 00:45:09,32 --> 00:45:14,34 about so you have to know that in just one day all of you know rumors of the budget 576 00:45:14,35 --> 00:45:19,76 reductions and and that happening this is how many students you have coming out to 577 00:45:19,77 --> 00:45:23,07 fight where they believe and you also have seniors in this audience that already 578 00:45:23,08 --> 00:45:27,28 spoke that have really nothing vested in it it's not going to affect them 579 00:45:27,29 --> 00:45:30,15 personally but it's going to affect their school it's going to affect their 580 00:45:30,16 --> 00:45:31,99 community and I'm very proud of them as 581 00:45:32,00 --> 00:45:37,46 a principal I could be more proud of the students and staff that I. It means we're 582 00:45:37,47 --> 00:45:41,40 doing something right it really does and I'm not pat myself on the back because I'm 583 00:45:41,41 --> 00:45:44,28 certainly not doing it alone I have a great staff I have 584 00:45:44,29 --> 00:45:49,38 a great student body and I just I couldn't sit here without saying how proud I am 585 00:45:49,39 --> 00:45:53,88 of them and hopefully people will see this and hopefully we can raise to rise to 586 00:45:53,89 --> 00:45:57,87 the challenge and make this happen so I thank you all for your support and thank 587 00:45:57,88 --> 00:45:58,87 you thank you. 588 00:46:06,42 --> 00:46:13,28 Any other public comment. On this account 589 00:46:13,77 --> 00:46:19,54 just so let you know that what you may have heard of budget cuts. Have not been 590 00:46:19,55 --> 00:46:25,17 finalised. It's up to this committee to decide what the budget cuts will be we 591 00:46:25,18 --> 00:46:29,69 certainly get recommendations but we will be sitting down when the time comes 592 00:46:29,73 --> 00:46:33,85 usually it's after the town meeting approves what OP budget will be when we know 593 00:46:33,86 --> 00:46:39,54 what we get for funds which will probably be in June when we'll decide what we cut 594 00:46:39,59 --> 00:46:44,52 when we cut and how we cut so there are suggestions out there there is 595 00:46:44,53 --> 00:46:50,67 a presentation by the superintendent but by no means is that the final word not if 596 00:46:50,73 --> 00:46:50,89 by 597 00:46:50,90 --> 00:46:56,44 a long shot I intend to take the budget that we have here and I've actually spoken 598 00:46:56,45 --> 00:46:56,57 to 599 00:46:56,58 --> 00:47:00,63 a few of the school committee members I intend to take the budget and go through it 600 00:47:00,64 --> 00:47:00,79 with 601 00:47:00,80 --> 00:47:07,29 a red pen and stock cotton here in the if we have to cut out certain items if that's 602 00:47:07,30 --> 00:47:12,42 a thousand dollars in the line item cut ten percent of it is one hundred dollars 603 00:47:12,43 --> 00:47:16,81 when you go down every line and we cut ten percent here ten percent there this 604 00:47:16,82 --> 00:47:21,21 isn't really essential right now if it's it's nice to have but if we don't have it 605 00:47:21,65 --> 00:47:25,32 and we needed somewhere in the future we cut it so that we minimize the cuts we 606 00:47:25,33 --> 00:47:31,55 have to make at the beginning so by no means is this going to be the final. Even 607 00:47:31,56 --> 00:47:35,86 these reductions will be on the board he said these are just recommendations 608 00:47:35,87 --> 00:47:40,28 nothing has been finalized again the superintendent isn't ministration will make 609 00:47:40,29 --> 00:47:42,97 suggestions but it's up to us as 610 00:47:42,98 --> 00:47:49,04 a committee to decide where those cuts are going to happen so I don't I hope that 611 00:47:49,05 --> 00:47:54,56 nobody and I trust that nobody has done this but I don't want anybody to feel that 612 00:47:54,57 --> 00:48:00,40 there is Skia tactics being used that we're going to cut this. Nothing is finalized 613 00:48:00,41 --> 00:48:07,21 everything is on the board and that's not just. It could be supplies it could be 614 00:48:07,22 --> 00:48:09,55 pencils It could be paper it could be 615 00:48:09,56 --> 00:48:14,32 a lot of things it could be travel ounces it could be two thousand and things that 616 00:48:14,33 --> 00:48:20,92 we don't need to do this year for. Professional dues for organising. 617 00:48:21,23 --> 00:48:22,40 We might forego that for 618 00:48:22,41 --> 00:48:28,06 a year or two you know when when your family decides that they want to go to Disney 619 00:48:28,07 --> 00:48:33,76 World for vacation and your budget allows you to go to Hampton Beach instead well 620 00:48:33,77 --> 00:48:37,31 then you start making different decisions and that's what we're going to be end up 621 00:48:37,32 --> 00:48:42,63 doing so I don't want anybody to feel that anything is cast in stone we will be 622 00:48:42,64 --> 00:48:48,48 making some hard decisions but again there's nothing nothing written down that 623 00:48:48,52 --> 00:48:55,07 isn't on the board and. I want to second 624 00:48:55,20 --> 00:48:58,84 everything the midst of about he just said none of us want to see T. 625 00:48:58,85 --> 00:49:03,96 Just cut that's that's the absolute last resort expression I mean what we're 626 00:49:04,11 --> 00:49:10,45 presented with tonight is is. Hopefully not what we're going to see happen I can't 627 00:49:10,85 --> 00:49:14,95 thank you but I can tell you the five of us do not want to see teaches and programs 628 00:49:15,57 --> 00:49:20,34 that's an adult and we will fight tooth and nail so that doesn't happen and we do 629 00:49:20,35 --> 00:49:24,88 understand how important it is all of these things sports included I don't haven't 630 00:49:24,89 --> 00:49:29,33 heard too many people come up and speak about the sports but that that's very 631 00:49:29,34 --> 00:49:30,28 important to a lot of kids 632 00:49:30,29 --> 00:49:34,36 a lot of kids that keeps them so they have to keep their grades up and they work 633 00:49:34,37 --> 00:49:35,30 for their grades without 634 00:49:35,57 --> 00:49:40,98 a lot of the kids wouldn't excel in their academics so we understand the full round 635 00:49:40,99 --> 00:49:46,28 and we don't want to see anything taken from students we really don't and we all 636 00:49:46,36 --> 00:49:53,00 live in the. Majority of us and we get it believe me we get it 637 00:49:53,31 --> 00:49:57,52 and haven't you here tonight is very impactful and I really appreciate you coming 638 00:49:57,53 --> 00:50:01,82 out I Appreciate You Porn your heart out in that's what the town needs to hear the 639 00:50:01,83 --> 00:50:07,13 entire town needs to hear from you they don't want to hear it from us we want 640 00:50:07,14 --> 00:50:11,76 everything we voted that budget you know in the sky we want to see everybody get 641 00:50:11,77 --> 00:50:17,04 everything but we need you to tell us and we need you to tell the community how it 642 00:50:17,05 --> 00:50:22,30 impacts you and how these cuts will impact you we need you guys to speak at all 643 00:50:22,59 --> 00:50:28,59 because that's what empower your voice will be heard if you come in you speak in 644 00:50:28,70 --> 00:50:33,21 little empower you you guys are the future of this town you guys will be running 645 00:50:33,22 --> 00:50:37,80 this town someday so we want to see you guys in how would we want to see you have 646 00:50:37,81 --> 00:50:42,33 all these things and Saugus does wonderful things it does I mean there's there's 647 00:50:42,34 --> 00:50:46,31 been some great colleges and we'll talk about that later tonight that you've all 648 00:50:46,32 --> 00:50:51,17 been accepted to and and you know past students have been accepted to you doing 649 00:50:51,18 --> 00:50:54,92 great things we want to see that continue we're going to be old some day and you 650 00:50:54,93 --> 00:50:58,49 guys are going to be taking care of us I know some of us that are probably going to 651 00:50:58,80 --> 00:51:03,91 never leave this town so we want to happen so I appreciate you guys all come in and 652 00:51:03,92 --> 00:51:07,53 I appreciate all the staff for all that you do for these kids and I know. The 653 00:51:07,54 --> 00:51:12,02 majority of staff that we have are so much more than teach is they actually my kids 654 00:51:12,03 --> 00:51:18,44 go to school here you know past and present so we get it we really do we built this 655 00:51:18,45 --> 00:51:23,13 budget on what you guys deserve and that's what we're going to fight for I mean I 656 00:51:23,57 --> 00:51:25,29 personally like to make a motion now to have 657 00:51:25,30 --> 00:51:29,69 a hiring freeze on anything I mean I don't think we should be I agree missile Voigt 658 00:51:29,70 --> 00:51:36,43 we should be hiring anyone right now. So we get this worked out so 659 00:51:36,83 --> 00:51:38,85 at this time I'd like to make a motion that we have 660 00:51:38,86 --> 00:51:45,77 a hiring freeze. The challenge second is. 661 00:51:49,57 --> 00:51:54,73 The seventy discussion. Mr Boesky. 662 00:51:57,91 --> 00:52:04,42 I know. I know the position to which Mr low voice is referring to and I don't 663 00:52:04,43 --> 00:52:11,22 believe that position. Is for this year doesn't start until July 664 00:52:11,23 --> 00:52:17,44 first the problem with that position is. That's 665 00:52:17,45 --> 00:52:20,57 a that's almost a mandated position it's 666 00:52:20,58 --> 00:52:26,89 a reporting position. I realize but the state mandates that this is 667 00:52:27,40 --> 00:52:31,38 commit the state and they'd still state mandates that the superintendent can 668 00:52:31,39 --> 00:52:36,50 obviously jump in on this talk with I'm not first thing I did when I saw it I was 669 00:52:36,51 --> 00:52:42,81 upset that it went to forty seven to fifty five thousand dollars but the position 670 00:52:42,82 --> 00:52:48,75 that that. Leave the duties of that position on mandated reporting 671 00:52:49,21 --> 00:52:54,99 of statistics and well maybe you can explain to your the position in question is 672 00:52:55,00 --> 00:53:01,78 the data specialist position that we've had for four years it was reduced in 673 00:53:01,79 --> 00:53:08,61 compressed last year with the last year's round of cuts in. Already we 674 00:53:08,62 --> 00:53:13,58 have we had to two ways we're looking at that position we have someone in an 675 00:53:13,64 --> 00:53:18,48 interim role with that position right now on staff. Who is getting us through 676 00:53:18,49 --> 00:53:20,09 because the it's open now because of 677 00:53:20,10 --> 00:53:25,50 a resignation and that's what we're looking for the idea that this school committee 678 00:53:26,17 --> 00:53:30,74 approved and I presented to them was to see if we can replace that position build 679 00:53:30,75 --> 00:53:35,78 the pool of applicants and then also we're waiting to see what we have for 680 00:53:35,79 --> 00:53:39,47 available funds for that position but that's why that is out there now we have an 681 00:53:39,48 --> 00:53:46,47 interim person as we so often do. In Saugus going above and beyond 682 00:53:46,55 --> 00:53:53,39 OK someone is someone in teach counselor in Saugus high. End who 683 00:53:53,40 --> 00:53:59,45 is very adept at that what we're trying to do is make sure we can. That is 684 00:53:59,46 --> 00:54:01,53 a critical function to maintain the X. 685 00:54:01,54 --> 00:54:08,43 To system to update with the new since reporting in other dry. Matters that has 686 00:54:08,44 --> 00:54:14,76 to has to happen every every district has that position so. But 687 00:54:15,57 --> 00:54:20,49 we definitely hear what people are saying in there as does the committee and we 688 00:54:20,50 --> 00:54:26,68 will look at that position OK so. It's not a it's not 689 00:54:26,69 --> 00:54:32,32 a it's it's not an additional position we're not adding to the situation because of 690 00:54:32,33 --> 00:54:38,69 a resignation it's a position and. It's 691 00:54:38,70 --> 00:54:44,06 a requirement for reporting purposes for our. Meeting the. 692 00:54:45,86 --> 00:54:50,21 The word I want mean the requirements of department of elementary secondary 693 00:54:50,22 --> 00:54:56,59 education it has to be reported on a. It might be multiple times as 694 00:54:56,60 --> 00:54:58,41 a this is a point of order there's 695 00:54:58,42 --> 00:55:02,15 a motion on the floor and I'm spitting on the yes and yes speaking on the motion 696 00:55:02,16 --> 00:55:07,62 and squoze to outside discussion and no disrespect to the superintendent or anyone 697 00:55:07,63 --> 00:55:08,63 else is 698 00:55:08,64 --> 00:55:16,04 a motion on the floor. This 699 00:55:16,05 --> 00:55:20,80 is anything else you want it to be in just to clarify the motion till we have the 700 00:55:20,81 --> 00:55:26,20 budget worked out I mean I'm not I don't want to I refuse for twenty years I way I 701 00:55:26,21 --> 00:55:32,26 want till my question is. Right and that's. 702 00:55:33,88 --> 00:55:35,77 Why. There is 703 00:55:35,78 --> 00:55:40,02 a motion on the floor unless you want to withdraw the motion at this time like it. 704 00:55:41,70 --> 00:55:48,59 Was. At this time I don't have enough information to vote on that and I won't 705 00:55:48,60 --> 00:55:54,12 support it at this time I think later after we review and have discussion on all 706 00:55:54,13 --> 00:56:00,01 the other. Proposals. Does anyone else have anything. 707 00:56:03,33 --> 00:56:09,36 On This is Serino smoke all in favor and opposed no no 708 00:56:10,31 --> 00:56:16,97 no she passes three days too and only. Based on what you just said it's 709 00:56:16,98 --> 00:56:17,66 hard to make 710 00:56:17,67 --> 00:56:24,34 a blanket. Judgment. Based on things that we don't know 711 00:56:24,38 --> 00:56:30,89 where we stand and what we need. To understand all the needs that we have 712 00:56:31,37 --> 00:56:35,92 but I just I don't want to make a judgment without having 713 00:56:35,93 --> 00:56:40,07 a little more discussion about it but it is the way it is. Time. 714 00:56:45,19 --> 00:56:52,11 Yet. I didn't try to get in can I. Can you know she's off the floor. 715 00:56:53,82 --> 00:56:58,15 With the motion the only thing that I and I tried to put in there but the only 716 00:56:58,16 --> 00:57:01,84 thing that we have some are positions and we have other regularly occurring 717 00:57:01,85 --> 00:57:06,11 positions. And also unfortunately about 718 00:57:06,12 --> 00:57:12,15 a very topic particularly with some of the passionate presenters tonight so should 719 00:57:12,16 --> 00:57:17,84 there be jobs should people resign and we don't have people in front of students 720 00:57:17,88 --> 00:57:22,36 and there could be scenarios that I just want to say I would bring to the to the 721 00:57:22,37 --> 00:57:29,32 committee I'm going to situations I'm going to suggest that the motion did pass Yes 722 00:57:29,41 --> 00:57:35,91 And as we go through the budget that may be amended moving forward and if not I 723 00:57:35,92 --> 00:57:41,89 mean some help I know you didn't the part that's what it is. That we have some room 724 00:57:42,07 --> 00:57:49,07 program especially the program. And why don't we why don't we discuss 725 00:57:49,61 --> 00:57:55,44 the budget and we can revisit it later on in the next just as long as we have. 726 00:57:56,81 --> 00:58:03,80 These. I understand what was it was more administrative 727 00:58:03,81 --> 00:58:10,75 and. Thank you. For you I just want to let everybody know that we 728 00:58:11,16 --> 00:58:15,90 got here everyone says about the conditions of the buildings and how they look and 729 00:58:15,91 --> 00:58:20,49 all that and we've always said and I know I have said it's not about the condition 730 00:58:20,50 --> 00:58:25,17 of the building if the teacher is in it and we know that it's the teaches that run 731 00:58:25,22 --> 00:58:29,89 it all you can have the principal you can have the the man you can have school 732 00:58:29,90 --> 00:58:34,52 committee but it is your teachers that do it all and that's who teaches you and 733 00:58:34,53 --> 00:58:39,58 that's who gets you to go to these awesome colleges and we are really proud of that 734 00:58:40,03 --> 00:58:43,12 so I just want to let you know that and I just got to state that that's the first 735 00:58:43,13 --> 00:58:44,14 time I've ever cried it 736 00:58:44,15 --> 00:58:50,90 a school. And I don't want to. And I thank you again for coming you guys really 737 00:58:50,91 --> 00:58:55,63 stuck up for what you believe is something you're teaching and your parents have 738 00:58:55,64 --> 00:58:59,99 taught you so very proud of the wonderful job to do you really do. 739 00:59:08,80 --> 00:59:15,77 And now we have student representative report. You can't 740 00:59:15,78 --> 00:59:16,49 make her cry. 741 00:59:27,29 --> 00:59:33,74 Right now we're just planning. I'm going to be at the high school 742 00:59:34,56 --> 00:59:41,55 perfect party and we're planning our senior week. Which we're going to. Go. 743 00:59:43,54 --> 00:59:48,02 To and you like to be fun. So. 744 00:59:51,10 --> 00:59:58,09 Thank you. We have many of the student 745 00:59:58,10 --> 00:59:59,17 representatives. 746 01:00:07,32 --> 01:00:13,91 Representing the cost of twenty six so upcoming We have. May fourteenth it could be 747 01:00:13,92 --> 01:00:17,32 from five to nine. And then we have 748 01:00:17,33 --> 01:00:21,13 a dance for elementary school students in grades three to five and that's going to 749 01:00:21,14 --> 01:00:25,54 be on June twelfth and that's going to be at Saugus high and just like the dances 750 01:00:25,55 --> 01:00:29,57 we've done before and it's going to be our end of the year and so it's you know to 751 01:00:29,58 --> 01:00:33,08 kick off summer and the end of the year and then we also have 752 01:00:33,09 --> 01:00:38,04 a frozen themed breakfast that we're planning with the cost of twenty seventeen in 753 01:00:38,05 --> 01:00:43,03 the day time and location of that is actually to be decided we haven't really. 754 01:00:44,25 --> 01:00:50,43 Found one yet we had one but then it was all books so you have to. You have to find 755 01:00:50,44 --> 01:00:55,39 you so you have right now we're just trying to plan for senior year and plan for 756 01:00:55,40 --> 01:01:00,51 you know senior week in prom after prom and graduation fun so. 757 01:01:02,33 --> 01:01:06,14 The column is well May fourteenth that's 758 01:01:06,15 --> 01:01:12,37 a school committee so there is going to. Come aboard the one that has all of the 759 01:01:12,38 --> 01:01:18,54 core classes and all the classes yes. And they're going to have other things there 760 01:01:18,55 --> 01:01:24,53 as well. It's nothing I think they're planning on three levels. 761 01:01:28,31 --> 01:01:34,75 Yes Actually four I never get to with. For some time because 762 01:01:35,39 --> 01:01:41,39 this one is actually on we could we could go before. Thank you thank you. 763 01:01:42,91 --> 01:01:47,39 Before we do they have that we simply will in between between two. 764 01:01:51,71 --> 01:01:58,43 And. Never seen us before you can say that's going to do and now they're going 765 01:01:58,44 --> 01:02:05,35 to do and how it ended up doing the think it's going to have. Maybe 766 01:02:05,36 --> 01:02:09,06 we can begin. So far as you guys haven't seen this in 767 01:02:09,07 --> 01:02:14,28 a while and I'd like to explain so we were both actually really busy with the 768 01:02:14,29 --> 01:02:18,89 school's wonderful duction. Which was the play of the Jungle Book I think we 769 01:02:18,90 --> 01:02:19,46 mentioned it 770 01:02:19,47 --> 01:02:26,30 a little bit. And so we took that play to. The fast drama festival is my first time 771 01:02:26,31 --> 01:02:28,63 going and we did wonderful We passed 772 01:02:28,64 --> 01:02:35,01 a preliminary level so we made it to semifinals we won countless awards are two I 773 01:02:35,02 --> 01:02:37,35 won an acting award for mostly as 774 01:02:37,36 --> 01:02:42,06 a very convincing and boy. I'm 775 01:02:42,07 --> 01:02:47,79 a wonderful stage manager every Ross Yes she won two awards both in the preliminary 776 01:02:47,80 --> 01:02:51,97 level and the semifinals she won the stage manager award only awarded to one person 777 01:02:51,98 --> 01:02:57,94 and one stage manager so we did. And now we. Are actually both. 778 01:02:59,23 --> 01:03:03,87 The school has started our spring production this critical hairspray so now this 779 01:03:03,88 --> 01:03:06,69 program. Is working on that she said 780 01:03:06,70 --> 01:03:12,90 a line as if you see the date that's the end of the sixteenth when it's just three 781 01:03:12,91 --> 01:03:13,52 days that there's 782 01:03:13,53 --> 01:03:21,35 a Friday Saturday where ever the sixteenth so fifteen sixteen. Seventeen 783 01:03:22,18 --> 01:03:27,44 yeah probably the fourth. I didn't see anything in the paper both those who would 784 01:03:27,45 --> 01:03:33,33 talk on the how come the previous didn't have anything about. What you needed to 785 01:03:33,34 --> 01:03:39,94 publish. So exciting yeah it was really 786 01:03:40,87 --> 01:03:41,06 it was 787 01:03:41,07 --> 01:03:47,42 a great fun it was really meet new people things. Second thing to talk about it and 788 01:03:47,43 --> 01:03:51,59 pass which was actually last week so for the software's it's the end cast that they 789 01:03:51,60 --> 01:03:54,86 have to pass to graduate so never acting for them but great for us because we get 790 01:03:54,87 --> 01:04:00,40 to sleep in. A school provided them breakfast in the morning so that they would be 791 01:04:00,62 --> 01:04:05,94 nourished and everything to take the test. Coming up on April seventeenth our 792 01:04:05,95 --> 01:04:11,78 school's going to do the annual Day of Silence which is just some kids pledge to go 793 01:04:11,79 --> 01:04:16,63 silent for the entire day and school teacher support that so you know. You don't 794 01:04:16,64 --> 01:04:20,09 have to answer questions that day so you're pledging for the day of silence in 795 01:04:20,10 --> 01:04:26,61 support of lesbian gay gender transgender students just in support of. You know to 796 01:04:26,62 --> 01:04:31,02 eliminate all the any prejudice and just to give accept and be acceptance full 797 01:04:31,03 --> 01:04:37,90 support. And. Spread the word and just recently we had 798 01:04:37,91 --> 01:04:44,84 a wonderful presentation. And so it was the peer as anyone 799 01:04:44,85 --> 01:04:49,57 here from America. So they. Put on 800 01:04:49,61 --> 01:04:55,64 a wonderful presentation both the special education students and the pair together 801 01:04:55,95 --> 01:04:56,87 and it was wonderful there was 802 01:04:56,88 --> 01:05:03,26 a video. And they basically just spread the word to the word the 803 01:05:03,88 --> 01:05:06,37 misuse and just the hurtful use of the R. 804 01:05:06,38 --> 01:05:12,03 Word that was another teacher oh yeah I see guys where there was 805 01:05:12,04 --> 01:05:17,83 a very there was another teacher and it was really really fun to see just between 806 01:05:17,84 --> 01:05:23,67 everyone coming together and coming out they do. Actually I'm talking about today 807 01:05:24,34 --> 01:05:25,07 at the N.H.S. 808 01:05:25,08 --> 01:05:30,93 Conference I attended it along with other officers and some other students and we 809 01:05:30,97 --> 01:05:33,52 got the commended chapter word S.T.M. 810 01:05:33,53 --> 01:05:38,09 Already mentioned which is really awesome be like noticed by the state and to be 811 01:05:38,56 --> 01:05:42,55 rewarded for everything that we've accomplished this year we also put on 812 01:05:42,56 --> 01:05:47,98 a workshop and we taught in this mad dash prioritising your. 813 01:05:49,64 --> 01:05:56,60 Maximum. Prioritizing is basically on time management. The workshop 814 01:05:56,61 --> 01:06:00,81 we gave them two minutes to do like fifty things but they're all worth different 815 01:06:00,82 --> 01:06:05,22 points so we let them do it once on their own and then we've got them strategize 816 01:06:05,23 --> 01:06:10,02 a second time so they can realize how to manage their time and then we told them 817 01:06:10,03 --> 01:06:14,63 how to apply it to their real life and how that can help them with everything that 818 01:06:14,64 --> 01:06:17,18 they do because if they're not a chance. More than likely they're in 819 01:06:17,52 --> 01:06:22,47 a multitude of other things National Honor Society but the public knows what you're 820 01:06:22,48 --> 01:06:29,12 talking about everyone in the room knows. A little bit about sports. 821 01:06:30,14 --> 01:06:35,49 So with all the snow and the snow just kept coming there has been some back while 822 01:06:35,50 --> 01:06:40,02 with some of the sports I know I participated in track and we've gone almost five 823 01:06:40,03 --> 01:06:40,83 weeks now without 824 01:06:40,87 --> 01:06:45,49 a meet and for some kids five weeks of just conditioning without any competition is 825 01:06:45,50 --> 01:06:50,22 really hard but coming up on Tuesday and Thursday we'll have our first meets and I 826 01:06:50,23 --> 01:06:53,56 know all the other sports teams as well are having their first game their first 827 01:06:53,57 --> 01:06:58,47 games tennis had their first match cancelled unfortunately but in the weeks to come 828 01:06:58,48 --> 01:07:03,54 we'll have many of those sporting events coming up and with you guys and the three 829 01:07:03,60 --> 01:07:10,57 seasons. And also we just had our meeting for the trips and then the trip to 830 01:07:10,58 --> 01:07:15,42 Billy's which is in June we just talked about like the guidelines the rules we all 831 01:07:15,43 --> 01:07:21,33 got excited some of us got the goody bags for our trips from our advisors taking us 832 01:07:21,34 --> 01:07:25,46 we got to meet with the chaperones and it's all in all talk about our itinerary and 833 01:07:25,47 --> 01:07:29,84 things like that and I'm really excited I'm going to Italy France has been used to 834 01:07:30,62 --> 01:07:35,59 really excited. And then just senior year well our senior year. 835 01:07:38,47 --> 01:07:42,78 And Senior Week this year is really exciting we're going through both the Red Sox 836 01:07:42,79 --> 01:07:47,32 game and park so we've really been working to get feedback from the students 837 01:07:47,33 --> 01:07:50,95 themselves or the seniors see what they want to do and that's what we're working 838 01:07:50,96 --> 01:07:56,45 towards now so. You. 839 01:08:04,27 --> 01:08:06,92 There any of the student group here and I. 840 01:08:12,82 --> 01:08:18,79 Next we do have approval of minutes. And I know the minutes weren't included in the 841 01:08:18,80 --> 01:08:24,20 packet so we could just table do to the next meeting if you don't mind to be able 842 01:08:25,11 --> 01:08:29,95 to the next school committee meeting three minutes of March nineteenth March twenty 843 01:08:29,96 --> 01:08:31,55 sixth seconds and 844 01:08:31,56 --> 01:08:37,19 a discussion. All in favor post motion passes unanimously. 845 01:08:38,95 --> 01:08:44,84 And. Next we do have voting the warrants museum Bruce is there anything you'd like 846 01:08:44,85 --> 01:08:50,60 to highlight on this warrant and represents just general budget and sprinkling of 847 01:08:50,61 --> 01:08:55,82 stood next to the items that are being paid nothing out of the primary. Committee 848 01:08:55,83 --> 01:09:01,06 have any questions yes ma'am sure the Super Bowl that's not on the right that's 849 01:09:01,07 --> 01:09:07,74 showing the world you know it's time to. TIME What was the. 850 01:09:10,35 --> 01:09:14,69 Question of whether something that I noticed tonight was on the war and she said no 851 01:09:14,69 --> 01:09:19,07 . It's really I make 852 01:09:19,08 --> 01:09:25,01 a motion to prove the words dated April ninth two thousand and fifteen foot. 853 01:09:26,02 --> 01:09:30,50 And Director of Finance and operation of the amount of ninety five thousand three 854 01:09:30,51 --> 01:09:34,74 hundred thirty seven dollars and fifty three. In the chill seconds and the 855 01:09:34,75 --> 01:09:40,63 discussion all in favor and I posed. In the in the slip. 856 01:09:42,07 --> 01:09:48,74 It's we do have the financial report. Thank you. As of 857 01:09:48,75 --> 01:09:52,66 February twenty eighth two thousand and fifteen aside this public schools has 858 01:09:52,67 --> 01:09:58,03 expanded and encumbered fifteen million one hundred ninety six thousand four 859 01:09:58,04 --> 01:10:03,82 hundred ninety six dollars against the appropriation. Eight months of the fiscal 860 01:10:03,83 --> 01:10:08,99 year having passed we are still on track in our spending for the most part there 861 01:10:09,00 --> 01:10:09,22 are 862 01:10:09,26 --> 01:10:15,72 a couple areas of concern. The first area of concern that I have at this time is utilities 863 01:10:15,73 --> 01:10:18,28 it's a. At this high school I think this is 864 01:10:18,29 --> 01:10:23,35 a concern that's been shared by the committee and only by the ministration in we've 865 01:10:23,36 --> 01:10:28,88 been watching that the budget for both the electricity and heat were spent by the 866 01:10:28,89 --> 01:10:35,44 beginning of April with the March April May and June bills still to be paid for 867 01:10:35,45 --> 01:10:38,91 this reason you will see in your packets that I am requesting 868 01:10:38,92 --> 01:10:43,70 a budget transfer to be made to move excess funds from the sick leave by back line 869 01:10:43,71 --> 01:10:46,24 item in the amount of thirty eight thousand to 870 01:10:46,25 --> 01:10:51,70 a literate city and thirty five thousand to the feeding line item. I feel that my 871 01:10:51,71 --> 01:10:55,60 projection will be sufficient to cover remaining cost of the end of the year 872 01:10:56,49 --> 01:11:00,88 Additionally the electricity budget balance has also been spent as of the beginning 873 01:11:00,89 --> 01:11:05,53 of April and based on my reply projection I am requesting an additional three 874 01:11:05,54 --> 01:11:10,76 thousand be transferred from again the sickly buy back line item to the valid line 875 01:11:10,77 --> 01:11:15,07 item. The last year of your concern at this time as 876 01:11:15,08 --> 01:11:19,83 a legal expense line item and I'm requesting ten thousand dollars be moved from 877 01:11:19,84 --> 01:11:25,81 sick leave by back to cover these expenses the total amount being requested to be 878 01:11:25,82 --> 01:11:32,11 moved from sick leave by back is eighty six thousand this year we had. A couple 879 01:11:32,44 --> 01:11:34,23 less retirements than last year 880 01:11:34,27 --> 01:11:39,75 a maximum column and stuff so that the total projected expense in this line item. 881 01:11:40,81 --> 01:11:45,43 Or actual sickleave buy back will be one hundred forty four thousand ninety one 882 01:11:45,44 --> 01:11:50,37 dollars and sixty seven sons and that will fulfill all retirements that I know as 883 01:11:50,38 --> 01:11:52,59 of today there is no one who will not have 884 01:11:52,60 --> 01:11:58,79 a sickly five documents. To ten thousand was previously transferred from 885 01:11:58,80 --> 01:12:04,90 a line item with the additional eighty six thousand one hundred forty four ninety 886 01:12:04,91 --> 01:12:10,75 one thousand and sixty seven cents will leave the line item of the budget balance 887 01:12:10,76 --> 01:12:15,77 of twenty five thousand nine hundred eight dollars thirty three cents to cover 888 01:12:15,78 --> 01:12:21,09 additional costs is needed whether it's another spontaneous retirement before the 889 01:12:21,10 --> 01:12:26,62 end of the year even. Going to plan track that we don't need to actually pay it but 890 01:12:26,63 --> 01:12:33,34 we always do so that'll cover that or something else. Into so nervous food 891 01:12:33,35 --> 01:12:37,92 service subcommittee and I along with the Tampa German officer Chris O'Neill have 892 01:12:37,93 --> 01:12:42,49 been working to prepare the our people of food service management company you will 893 01:12:42,50 --> 01:12:47,40 find the proposed R P In your packets for approval the February point 894 01:12:47,41 --> 01:12:52,29 a sales report is enclosed in this packet as well as the total obligation report 895 01:12:52,88 --> 01:12:56,92 I'm in the process of modifying the lottery that it will be sent to parents and 896 01:12:56,93 --> 01:12:57,70 guardians of 897 01:12:57,71 --> 01:13:02,62 a food service obligation so that it reflects the district's new adopted collection 898 01:13:02,63 --> 01:13:08,25 policy. In your packets you will see the grants of February twenty eighth two 899 01:13:08,26 --> 01:13:14,15 thousand and fifteen again directly from Eunice the revolving accounts the 900 01:13:14,16 --> 01:13:17,67 assistant town accountant has cleared up many of the issues in the revolving 901 01:13:17,68 --> 01:13:23,40 accounts so that we now have access to pay invoices and I'd like to thank her for 902 01:13:23,41 --> 01:13:27,17 that and everyone in the Accounting Office the town hall for their help with that 903 01:13:27,85 --> 01:13:32,98 I'm not able to directly report from munis at this time because the budgets in 904 01:13:32,99 --> 01:13:37,94 those accounts still need to be worked on but at least we're able to see our 905 01:13:37,95 --> 01:13:42,24 revenue expenses clearly so when you. Package you will find the reconciled 906 01:13:42,25 --> 01:13:46,56 revolving account balances as of February twenty eighth two thousand and fifteen. 907 01:13:48,46 --> 01:13:48,82 This still 908 01:13:48,83 --> 01:13:54,42 a few things I need to look at those balances of the fourth valances. Once again 909 01:13:54,43 --> 01:13:59,72 you have budget transfer number fourteen. In your package to move eighty six 910 01:13:59,73 --> 01:14:05,44 thousand dollars from sick leave my back is this high heating saga Sila to city now 911 01:14:05,45 --> 01:14:11,38 little electricity and legal expense. Budget Tritter number fifteen is 912 01:14:11,39 --> 01:14:16,26 a request to move ten thousand and eighty dollars from a recent turnover in 913 01:14:16,27 --> 01:14:22,99 a Belmonte special education teacher line item to the following lines six thousand 914 01:14:23,00 --> 01:14:28,84 one hundred thirty to the ballot custodial line item to correct the salary and nine 915 01:14:28,85 --> 01:14:35,16 hundred fifty dollars to the line to fund additional mandated services he will also 916 01:14:35,17 --> 01:14:38,83 see in that budget that one thousand five hundred forty one dollars is being 917 01:14:38,84 --> 01:14:43,74 transferred from teacher a special education line item. To teacher 918 01:14:43,78 --> 01:14:47,02 a regular education line item which is simply 919 01:14:47,08 --> 01:14:51,20 a typo on my part when I did the budget entry last month so I just want to be 920 01:14:51,21 --> 01:14:56,96 transparent and have that on there. That is my report this month thank you. 921 01:15:00,19 --> 01:15:00,61 I just had 922 01:15:00,62 --> 01:15:07,59 a concern about the for the legal. Because that's. What we're going to do 923 01:15:08,13 --> 01:15:14,91 when we go beyond that and it's time to. Go I think I'm done with the 924 01:15:15,03 --> 01:15:21,98 legal expenses act or. He'd find someone. 925 01:15:29,44 --> 01:15:36,22 New then chairman Mr I'm not going to support this. Budget transfer fourteen 926 01:15:36,92 --> 01:15:42,25 I brought this up several meetings ago I saw it coming not clairvoyant but I did 927 01:15:42,26 --> 01:15:47,62 see it coming. But this is this is this is ridiculous we have 928 01:15:47,63 --> 01:15:54,41 a green here on from June fourth of twenty fourteen regarding energy conservation 929 01:15:54,42 --> 01:16:00,59 with National Grid incentive program at Saugus high school. First page and I'll be 930 01:16:00,60 --> 01:16:05,45 far more than happy to give this to anybody in summary the combined projects will 931 01:16:05,46 --> 01:16:10,45 save over two hundred twenty thousand. Dollars annually in the first year 932 01:16:10,46 --> 01:16:12,15 physically if if Team which is in 933 01:16:12,16 --> 01:16:17,21 a year now after the initial investment is greatly offset by the incentives from 934 01:16:17,22 --> 01:16:22,13 the National Grid the impact would be over eighty eight thousand dollars positive 935 01:16:22,14 --> 01:16:26,61 the Saugus we're is our eighty eight thousand dollars in savings when we're 936 01:16:26,62 --> 01:16:29,90 transferring sixty thousand dollars out of 937 01:16:29,91 --> 01:16:35,35 a sick leave buyback program to come A bills that are currently coming due wish 938 01:16:35,36 --> 01:16:40,11 post to be saving money on this thing we fronted in if I'm not mistaken sixty seven 939 01:16:40,12 --> 01:16:45,67 thousand dollars this figure here in this report says we'll we was always supposed 940 01:16:45,68 --> 01:16:50,71 to fund front sixty three thousand dollars so as during our discussion the question 941 01:16:50,72 --> 01:16:56,43 of brose arose about we had to find the initial investment. We had also discussed 942 01:16:56,44 --> 01:17:00,59 that National Grid will also provide on bill financing for 943 01:17:00,60 --> 01:17:05,12 a certain portion of the net cost of just over seventy one thousand leaving 944 01:17:05,13 --> 01:17:11,02 a net investment by Saugus of just over sixty three well we didn't invest sixty 945 01:17:11,03 --> 01:17:17,76 three or invest at sixty seven. So if Saudi selects to move forward the 946 01:17:17,77 --> 01:17:23,84 combined projects the return via utility savings directly to the bottom line will 947 01:17:23,85 --> 01:17:27,64 be one hundred fifty one thousand dollars plus or 948 01:17:27,65 --> 01:17:32,79 a net positive return of eighty eight thousand my question is and I know you don't 949 01:17:32,80 --> 01:17:33,68 have the answer it's 950 01:17:33,69 --> 01:17:39,21 a rhetorical question which is our eighty eight thousand dollars in savings we 951 01:17:39,25 --> 01:17:41,53 sweet talked about this for 952 01:17:41,54 --> 01:17:45,93 a while and everybody said Great we're going to have energy efficiency we're going 953 01:17:45,94 --> 01:17:49,57 to have eighty eight thousand in savings and we're not having eight thousand 954 01:17:49,58 --> 01:17:53,95 savings we're spending more than we ever did and I realize it was 955 01:17:53,96 --> 01:17:56,27 a cold winter but we've been sold 956 01:17:56,28 --> 01:18:02,63 a bill of goods here that we agree to which are eighty eight thousand dollars. Well 957 01:18:02,63 --> 01:18:07,89 . I thought we did have an outrageously cold winter and. 958 01:18:09,82 --> 01:18:13,88 We're going to have but but who's to say we the bills would have been higher than 959 01:18:13,89 --> 01:18:16,61 what we need to have some extra What's 960 01:18:16,62 --> 01:18:22,44 a gauge we gauge is the typical gauge that they use for the utilities and that's 961 01:18:22,45 --> 01:18:27,37 called the Greek debt to agree heating between the Greek days that gives you an 962 01:18:27,38 --> 01:18:33,09 accepted industry figure to figure out how much you should be spending on that but 963 01:18:33,10 --> 01:18:37,05 which are eighty eight thousand dollars job is that I don't know I'd like to find 964 01:18:37,06 --> 01:18:44,05 out whose job it is I think that was the manager who. Stepped. I think 965 01:18:44,06 --> 01:18:45,55 we should because he it was 966 01:18:45,56 --> 01:18:50,35 a guaranteed eighty six thousand because we don't know that we haven't had 967 01:18:50,36 --> 01:18:56,38 substantial savings. High I mean every night event and see that before we sat 968 01:18:56,39 --> 01:19:02,99 trance and you also had national grid in there. As well which nobody you know. 969 01:19:04,41 --> 01:19:09,83 Could control so I think you know that we should just look into that whole thing 970 01:19:10,54 --> 01:19:15,08 that frankly it's a missed shot not be have one happy everything everybody has 971 01:19:15,09 --> 01:19:20,08 a fiscal year fifteen savings total eighty eight thousand six hundred thirty eight 972 01:19:20,17 --> 01:19:24,99 thousand dollars physical year sixteen savings two hundred twenty three thousand 973 01:19:25,00 --> 01:19:29,14 four hundred forty eight dollars if that's the savings for next fiscal year then we 974 01:19:29,15 --> 01:19:33,82 should have NO NO bills because that's supposedly what was save enough of our 975 01:19:33,83 --> 01:19:39,09 expenses I mean it just doesn't make sense to me that we're on the hook for another 976 01:19:39,09 --> 01:19:40,87 . This is both 977 01:19:40,88 --> 01:19:47,56 a left trick and he'd right that's what this was this is for you looking at two 978 01:19:47,57 --> 01:19:51,24 different things one that we had a. Definitely 979 01:19:51,25 --> 01:19:55,95 a colder winter than the year before right which is so you have to look at the 980 01:19:55,96 --> 01:20:01,28 actual therm Romney therms we we need somebody that we need this we need this Mr 981 01:20:01,29 --> 01:20:02,82 Jeff Hanson C.E.M. 982 01:20:02,83 --> 01:20:08,65 Energy management consultants who sign these things and made this projection to us 983 01:20:09,04 --> 01:20:11,47 through the town manager to give us 984 01:20:11,48 --> 01:20:15,99 a report of where US I want to see where our savings are we fronted sixty three 985 01:20:16,00 --> 01:20:19,93 thousand dollars if we didn't have to front that sixty three thousand dollars tab 986 01:20:19,94 --> 01:20:25,45 and sixty seven this is sixty three we fronted sixty seven if we didn't have to 987 01:20:25,46 --> 01:20:27,26 front at sixty seven with 988 01:20:27,27 --> 01:20:31,10 a projected return we would have had enough money in the accounts to pay the bills 989 01:20:31,56 --> 01:20:35,03 and not have to transfer because I was hoping to have some of this money that we're 990 01:20:35,04 --> 01:20:41,75 transferring to use for some more important. Activity that we might such as 991 01:20:41,76 --> 01:20:46,66 buying books for next year that we now don't have that opportunity to do it what 992 01:20:46,67 --> 01:20:52,87 will need to do is ask the town manager for an explanation he had he has the 993 01:20:52,88 --> 01:20:57,91 contact person here he's the one who signed Well at this contract with them it was 994 01:20:57,92 --> 01:21:04,86 a great idea and he said it was guaranteed in with that said with the same thing 995 01:21:04,90 --> 01:21:09,97 he's saying we're going to get two hundred twenty three thousand savings into F Y 996 01:21:09,98 --> 01:21:13,65 sixteen so I'd like to have that discussion if we're going to save that much money 997 01:21:13,65 --> 01:21:18,77 . We can apply that to the budget we did the lighting over the summer and some of 998 01:21:18,78 --> 01:21:24,66 these other things didn't happen until late fall they did him in stages correct so 999 01:21:24,67 --> 01:21:27,88 they want all done it one they want all done and I also I did have 1000 01:21:27,89 --> 01:21:32,03 a discussion with Mr Mann to receive the other day and I did have my agenda with 1001 01:21:32,04 --> 01:21:34,05 the town manager today we didn't get 1002 01:21:34,06 --> 01:21:39,15 a chance to meet today but I will follow up on that Mr Mallory see actually 1003 01:21:39,16 --> 01:21:43,82 referred to some type of credit that he knew about and I don't know. You know what 1004 01:21:43,83 --> 01:21:49,23 it was for but his credit on the bill. No I don't think it was on the bill but I 1005 01:21:49,24 --> 01:21:54,29 was I will have to credit I don't know that's that's what I was going to follow up 1006 01:21:54,30 --> 01:21:58,37 for the specificity of I just heard yesterday he was going to follow up to the. 1007 01:22:01,18 --> 01:22:07,18 One other point that concert confused thought they discussed what national grid on 1008 01:22:07,19 --> 01:22:08,56 bill financing for 1009 01:22:08,57 --> 01:22:13,34 a certain fortune of them that costs Well I don't know enough to read the bills to 1010 01:22:13,35 --> 01:22:19,28 see if we billion charged enough bills for financing but the way I read this we 1011 01:22:19,29 --> 01:22:22,98 shouldn't because we fronted sweep for us I thought three thousand we paid it 1012 01:22:22,99 --> 01:22:29,88 upfront but the cost was what you know it says. We also 1013 01:22:29,89 --> 01:22:32,54 discussed on bill financing for 1014 01:22:32,55 --> 01:22:37,02 a certain portion of the net cost of just over seventy one leaving and net 1015 01:22:37,11 --> 01:22:43,92 investment by Saudis of just over sixty three. So are we not only 1016 01:22:44,00 --> 01:22:49,50 did we not only. Cost of just over seventy one thousand. 1017 01:22:51,86 --> 01:22:57,14 It says that the financing was for the seventy one thousand and Saugus the just 1018 01:22:57,15 --> 01:23:03,49 over sixty three thousand which turned out to be sixty seven right but being on 1019 01:23:03,50 --> 01:23:08,99 a Bills of financing for the seventy one thousand dollars Also you would know off 1020 01:23:08,100 --> 01:23:13,96 the top. Not off the top of my head now that we kept 1021 01:23:13,97 --> 01:23:20,91 a look at it. Till the bills are extremely difficult to 1022 01:23:20,92 --> 01:23:27,86 try to do you have a meeting with the manager before our next meeting Yeah I have 1023 01:23:27,87 --> 01:23:34,38 a weekly main media you know that's good. We see if we can get 1024 01:23:35,39 --> 01:23:39,61 you some kind explanations you know on that will put it on next agenda absolutely 1025 01:23:39,87 --> 01:23:44,20 a perverted amount of it. Because you obviously have 1026 01:23:44,21 --> 01:23:51,03 a copy. When you talk to find out 1027 01:23:51,04 --> 01:23:54,24 about the savings for F Y sixteen it's going to be two hundred twenty three 1028 01:23:54,25 --> 01:23:59,21 thousand and I don't know why I need fifteen yet but I'm saying is we're going to 1029 01:23:59,22 --> 01:24:05,01 talk to fifteen if the savings is too high if we're guaranteed that I don't think 1030 01:24:05,02 --> 01:24:11,92 we planned that in the budget. To change. This but 1031 01:24:12,32 --> 01:24:17,30 I want to see where it is this year first the yeah absolutely. So from. 1032 01:24:21,39 --> 01:24:28,21 That we got the last coating with that. So with that. 1033 01:24:30,14 --> 01:24:34,72 We have. We still have 1034 01:24:35,07 --> 01:24:41,74 a valid electricity. That needs to be covered. And that's in the same budget 1035 01:24:42,02 --> 01:24:48,99 transfer for thirteen I don't know what they do at the bell of the. Day they 1036 01:24:49,00 --> 01:24:55,14 do use more classrooms this year than they did. The year before. 1037 01:24:57,28 --> 01:25:02,62 So. Well because the because it's lumped together. 1038 01:25:04,93 --> 01:25:06,08 So it would have to put 1039 01:25:06,09 --> 01:25:11,00 a motion to approve the budget number fifteen and sixteen together and you know no 1040 01:25:11,01 --> 01:25:16,04 budget fourteen has all the utilities it has Saugus high school heating electricity 1041 01:25:16,05 --> 01:25:22,94 in the ballad electricity all in the same transfer. To human. Because 1042 01:25:22,95 --> 01:25:27,99 it's all coming from the same place. We'd need to know if it's 1043 01:25:28,00 --> 01:25:34,46 a sun. Kid. Can we do this on the 1044 01:25:34,47 --> 01:25:39,32 sixteenth. We're meeting on the minutes when they didn't bring it up or something 1045 01:25:39,33 --> 01:25:43,28 the way it did last year phenomenon that's what I'm waiting the two weeks because 1046 01:25:43,29 --> 01:25:47,94 we discussed it the cvs thing and I don't we the next meeting his authority has no 1047 01:25:48,16 --> 01:25:52,57 no when he says that we have not known that there's. Not 1048 01:25:52,58 --> 01:25:57,56 a regular meeting we just work in but since we're discussing it tonight and we 1049 01:25:57,57 --> 01:26:04,41 agree we need to make that transfer on this. Is everyone OK with that on the 1050 01:26:04,42 --> 01:26:11,24 sixteenth. You make it work the other issues flood you transfer. Fourteen 1051 01:26:11,40 --> 01:26:17,88 continues to pound fifteen. Does anyone have any questions on budget transfer of 1052 01:26:17,89 --> 01:26:22,25 fifteen. Share and make 1053 01:26:22,26 --> 01:26:29,06 a motion to. Approve budget transfer number fifteen. From the chair will second the 1054 01:26:29,07 --> 01:26:35,98 discussion fall in favor both or from I mean honestly and 1055 01:26:36,04 --> 01:26:43,04 Dr you know we need to. Sign on. To. Stricter 1056 01:26:43,05 --> 01:26:49,86 brusquely for. The financial. Report for. 1057 01:26:51,19 --> 01:26:58,02 Sure of course. Right now that's what three twenty seven. 1058 01:27:01,77 --> 01:27:03,83 World over thirteen thousand dollars for. 1059 01:27:09,38 --> 01:27:15,86 That member states it. Was the. Last February was in its. 1060 01:27:17,18 --> 01:27:23,100 Children's research and. Has have you gone out and 1061 01:27:24,01 --> 01:27:29,88 reached out to figure out how to put out to bid or point out to. Our F.P. 1062 01:27:30,11 --> 01:27:36,56 For debt collection agencies to take over those. Of you had the time to do that. 1063 01:27:38,34 --> 01:27:45,32 And we came to that. Here. Right now that they can't dictate to us how long we have 1064 01:27:45,33 --> 01:27:48,69 to collect fees that are outstanding they can make 1065 01:27:48,70 --> 01:27:53,35 a suggestion but they can't tell us of money we have you have to like to see is if 1066 01:27:53,36 --> 01:27:54,95 they. Had 1067 01:27:54,96 --> 01:27:59,76 a way to hear wizard say that well where's that regulation that says we have to do 1068 01:27:59,77 --> 01:28:04,34 that we've got it right you know you have to give proper notice you have to put in 1069 01:28:04,35 --> 01:28:07,80 the handbook you have to send home announcements it's kind of like what we do it 1070 01:28:07,81 --> 01:28:13,33 all day can we got it in free preschool program you know parents are very well 1071 01:28:13,34 --> 01:28:17,61 aware of the consequences if they don't pay that fee same thing with the debt 1072 01:28:17,62 --> 01:28:22,11 collection policy so now this is going to cover everything parents need to I mean 1073 01:28:22,12 --> 01:28:22,96 it's not going to just cover 1074 01:28:22,97 --> 01:28:27,18 a full service. It's going to cover athletics and everything that policy has to be 1075 01:28:27,85 --> 01:28:30,28 while we're told somebody give me 1076 01:28:30,57 --> 01:28:34,87 a regulation that says that is in fact the way it has to be or it's just 1077 01:28:34,88 --> 01:28:39,93 a suggestion. I would like to see and I'm not being argumentative with anybody here 1078 01:28:40,21 --> 01:28:44,90 but show me where it says that that's what we have to do. We're on thirteen 1079 01:28:44,91 --> 01:28:48,79 thousand dollars for school lunches a world that's unconscionable when we have 1080 01:28:48,80 --> 01:28:53,46 a clip and there needs to be repeated things that have to do and we could possibly 1081 01:28:53,47 --> 01:28:53,81 provide 1082 01:28:53,82 --> 01:28:57,90 a bit of lunch if that money was collected and just to wait should here and wait 1083 01:28:57,91 --> 01:29:03,41 for that figure to go up or down for another whole year is not fair to the people 1084 01:29:03,42 --> 01:29:08,76 that pay their bills every time the. I think I've never heard that that's a that's 1085 01:29:08,77 --> 01:29:14,56 a rule or regulation that we have some calling in in isolation the phone call was 1086 01:29:14,98 --> 01:29:15,91 on conference it was 1087 01:29:15,92 --> 01:29:20,81 a conference call with the food service Subcommittee and the spokesperson for 1088 01:29:21,21 --> 01:29:25,55 Department of elementary and secondary education was not even happy about this 1089 01:29:25,56 --> 01:29:29,75 policy she's like why you point to do that just give the child 1090 01:29:29,76 --> 01:29:34,78 a cheese sandwich and I said because they pay for paying for the cost of one meal 1091 01:29:34,96 --> 01:29:35,84 paying for the cost of 1092 01:29:35,85 --> 01:29:40,13 a cheese sandwich and we don't get the funds she owes them if you point to do that 1093 01:29:40,13 --> 01:29:42,85 . You can out of this once in 1094 01:29:42,86 --> 01:29:47,67 a subcommittee chair she said then you must must make sure the parents know about 1095 01:29:47,68 --> 01:29:52,52 this and I would recommend at least one full school year she may recommend that but 1096 01:29:52,53 --> 01:29:59,12 I want to see where it states that that is the rule in the regulation. I mean not 1097 01:29:59,13 --> 01:30:02,58 a matter of any rational letting the cat out of the cheese sandwich was never 1098 01:30:02,59 --> 01:30:08,12 a rule or regulation. I was actually told during the program review audit he had on 1099 01:30:08,13 --> 01:30:08,93 even have to give them 1100 01:30:08,94 --> 01:30:15,29 a lot and that's not popular exactly which we would never do right so I mean this 1101 01:30:15,30 --> 01:30:22,01 is why I mean why breath of of measures that school districts all across the 1102 01:30:22,02 --> 01:30:25,04 country take this is not a massacre. Problem is not 1103 01:30:25,05 --> 01:30:30,33 a saga but we are by Massachusetts Department about elementary and secondary 1104 01:30:30,34 --> 01:30:35,75 education to notify parents to give them proper notice I agree what you're saying 1105 01:30:35,76 --> 01:30:40,70 that we were advised but just because we're advised doesn't mean we're required 1106 01:30:40,71 --> 01:30:45,28 there's a big difference between advising required and we just had 1107 01:30:45,47 --> 01:30:50,52 a bunch of students here advocating about cuts that will make it not that sixteen 1108 01:30:50,53 --> 01:30:54,67 thousand dollars is going to change anything in what we're doing but we're not in 1109 01:30:54,68 --> 01:30:59,91 the in the ability to give away things when we're talking about cuts thirteen 1110 01:30:59,98 --> 01:31:04,77 thirteen thousand dollars that we could possibly spend we have bills here for 1111 01:31:04,78 --> 01:31:11,46 repairs of equipment at all the school lunches. Refrigerators walk ins that we're 1112 01:31:11,47 --> 01:31:16,94 paying on of. Or out of the this revolving to put both. 1113 01:31:18,34 --> 01:31:22,05 You don't know if there's going to be thirteen thousand at the end of the school 1114 01:31:22,29 --> 01:31:27,62 year we don't but it's gone up from six to ten to thirteen but people pay and then 1115 01:31:27,63 --> 01:31:30,30 somebody else doesn't pay it so it's 1116 01:31:30,31 --> 01:31:36,91 a cycle it's not the same individuals. We've been through this in the discussion 1117 01:31:37,54 --> 01:31:44,47 if the only one agreed is person. Other than that everyone 1118 01:31:44,48 --> 01:31:48,74 that they pay out but then somebody else owes money in the that's how would that. 1119 01:31:49,75 --> 01:31:53,29 Doesn't mean that it's not going to be paid by the end of the school year last year 1120 01:31:53,30 --> 01:32:00,01 what will we left with unpaid. That really now is racially day and. 1121 01:32:01,33 --> 01:32:06,03 Just because sometimes it appears that you're backing up there on tree we've been 1122 01:32:06,04 --> 01:32:08,64 working on this and we started working on this 1123 01:32:08,65 --> 01:32:11,86 a long time ago we were waiting for the subcommittee to come back with 1124 01:32:11,87 --> 01:32:16,70 a recommendation so I had this been done when we first asked it would have been the 1125 01:32:16,71 --> 01:32:22,14 year by now but I think the bare minimum to to get it into the hymn books and we're 1126 01:32:22,15 --> 01:32:22,95 not saying we have to wait 1127 01:32:22,96 --> 01:32:27,68 a year to collect We just have to enforce it but if we get it in the handbooks in 1128 01:32:27,69 --> 01:32:32,76 September September and we've got the policy passed now thank you that's 1129 01:32:32,77 --> 01:32:36,10 a good policy but. It gets something I mean 1130 01:32:36,11 --> 01:32:41,64 a great job. You get them in there you talking about the end of the year the 1131 01:32:41,65 --> 01:32:45,32 collective anyway so your time is that we're looking at this to be taking place 1132 01:32:45,33 --> 01:32:49,23 next year not immediately this year but you will see that number drastically go 1133 01:32:49,24 --> 01:32:56,15 down in. It's not the food service or misandrous that made this number go up so we 1134 01:32:56,16 --> 01:33:00,53 need to direct this where it needs to go we get the policy in place which you guys 1135 01:33:00,95 --> 01:33:06,14 did you need to think you're getting angry at this number and I understand that but 1136 01:33:06,35 --> 01:33:11,95 sometimes it comes across to the people. That of watching your you know that it's 1137 01:33:12,21 --> 01:33:18,81 it's the food services fault that this number of. People. Moving 1138 01:33:18,82 --> 01:33:23,70 forward this is going to be taken care of period and again just for the public. 1139 01:33:25,72 --> 01:33:32,37 This is not. Anyone in need these are just people that have the means in just don't 1140 01:33:32,38 --> 01:33:38,72 pay the bill on time but they don't meet the criteria for you know. People like me 1141 01:33:38,76 --> 01:33:42,84 who my kid goes in. To luncheon I get 1142 01:33:42,85 --> 01:33:49,55 a bill for thirteen bucks. And spend two hundred 1143 01:33:50,48 --> 01:33:54,28 like he doesn't need that's. You know. 1144 01:33:58,11 --> 01:34:02,28 If you don't mind I just want everybody to be well aware that the deficit in the 1145 01:34:02,29 --> 01:34:07,03 food service account which may or may not be caused by these obligations will be 1146 01:34:07,04 --> 01:34:12,68 covered by the food service management company so it will not be borne by the way 1147 01:34:13,00 --> 01:34:19,29 so in essence it's not that this obligation will take away from educational 1148 01:34:19,30 --> 01:34:26,01 initiatives that we need to pay for. And that will also be again in the next P.B. 1149 01:34:26,02 --> 01:34:30,65 Made sure to put that language in again right but the companies that are bidding on 1150 01:34:30,66 --> 01:34:37,29 the. Look at this and say I have to cut if I want the business I have to cover the 1151 01:34:37,81 --> 01:34:43,46 deficit is built into their cost of what they're charging us so in reality. 1152 01:34:44,50 --> 01:34:48,64 For their not to give them some the sales of the product does not come out of 1153 01:34:49,10 --> 01:34:55,86 a budget but. What we pay them all of the food. 1154 01:34:57,42 --> 01:35:01,98 They're not they're not covering the this it wass out of the goodness of their 1155 01:35:01,99 --> 01:35:06,77 heart you know they're putting that cost of doing business into their proposal 1156 01:35:06,78 --> 01:35:07,22 a lack of 1157 01:35:07,23 --> 01:35:11,76 a better term there's no free lunch example right now but they're hoping for sales 1158 01:35:11,77 --> 01:35:18,60 to cover goes on and that's the way it works. There's 1159 01:35:18,70 --> 01:35:24,30 any question finally. As if you go. 1160 01:35:25,47 --> 01:35:29,91 Better munis. I know you stay awake and I actually had 1161 01:35:29,92 --> 01:35:35,38 a really great Friday about two weeks to finish writing the big editing it I don't 1162 01:35:35,39 --> 01:35:37,94 want to say writing it and sent it to have 1163 01:35:37,95 --> 01:35:42,03 a subcommittee each and I was just about to go home and I was always to check my 1164 01:35:42,04 --> 01:35:48,53 email and email from the project manager from Eunice and she's going to upload 1165 01:35:48,67 --> 01:35:53,44 descriptions Oh we're doing a little bit just to finalize I think 1166 01:35:53,45 --> 01:36:00,40 a and and stayed till my. I went home. And 1167 01:36:00,84 --> 01:36:03,89 so the description should be forthcoming so next time you see 1168 01:36:03,90 --> 01:36:07,89 a budget entry hopefully it will be three different descriptions on three different 1169 01:36:07,90 --> 01:36:14,46 pages thanks to the. Almost. Baby steps. 1170 01:36:18,31 --> 01:36:25,24 There any of the questions. Superintendents report thank you 1171 01:36:25,25 --> 01:36:31,57 Madam Chair the first. Thing that I have on the agenda I'll be obviously has been 1172 01:36:31,58 --> 01:36:38,21 fashionably prefaced by many of our students and teachers and I do want to say 1173 01:36:38,42 --> 01:36:44,61 before I begin the presentation particularly for some of the points made that 1174 01:36:45,23 --> 01:36:52,14 also. For accolades to to the administrative staff I want you to know that 1175 01:36:52,89 --> 01:36:54,49 we've met over 1176 01:36:54,50 --> 01:37:01,03 a couple of weeks the anticipation with these numbers are. All of us OK all of it 1177 01:37:01,07 --> 01:37:07,89 every every program every person every every. Outcome ventral to students. 1178 01:37:09,10 --> 01:37:16,05 Is taken very seriously and I also want to preface to that. It's really important 1179 01:37:16,09 --> 01:37:22,67 as people are tuned in tonight in as they resent it earlier that I'm going to talk 1180 01:37:22,68 --> 01:37:23,38 about it in 1181 01:37:23,39 --> 01:37:29,68 a few slides some of the. Kind of what we're up against in terms of how how the 1182 01:37:29,69 --> 01:37:33,38 funding works how the budget is created in basically 1183 01:37:33,39 --> 01:37:39,92 a couple of terms. That it's important to know because sometimes 1184 01:37:40,42 --> 01:37:45,65 they're there in terms like med school spending and other types of things it's 1185 01:37:45,66 --> 01:37:51,91 important to be. Conversant in those to understand the process some of the slides 1186 01:37:51,92 --> 01:37:57,58 that I'm going to show we compare other towns and we also compare the rate at which 1187 01:37:57,89 --> 01:38:04,81 over the past four years. Public schools have been. Really 1188 01:38:04,86 --> 01:38:05,32 given 1189 01:38:05,33 --> 01:38:09,91 a number as was said by school committee members before in the budget that we have 1190 01:38:09,92 --> 01:38:15,77 to work with is many times all the time of the last four years on average much 1191 01:38:15,78 --> 01:38:20,54 lower than the surrounding towns but it is also something that I want to say. 1192 01:38:21,61 --> 01:38:28,09 Emphatically there's not. A quick answer to this because the budget is already 1193 01:38:28,10 --> 01:38:34,70 voted the budget is. There's. The process of it 1194 01:38:35,55 --> 01:38:41,61 our goal today in on the sixth in going forward is to make sure that we start 1195 01:38:41,62 --> 01:38:46,83 a conversation about why people go you know to the town in 1196 01:38:46,84 --> 01:38:49,31 a certain order things that we've talked about for 1197 01:38:49,32 --> 01:38:54,33 a lot of time but to tell you the truth the spark of only been here two years but 1198 01:38:54,34 --> 01:38:58,74 the spark and energy in this room it's critical for this going forward OK for 1199 01:38:58,75 --> 01:39:05,71 change so. Basically the reality is you know I'm not saying 1200 01:39:05,72 --> 01:39:06,16 this in 1201 01:39:06,17 --> 01:39:10,42 a confrontation way with the I don't mean it like that I'm just going to show you 1202 01:39:10,43 --> 01:39:16,19 some of the facts and also some of the ground that we have to gain in the hope in 1203 01:39:16,20 --> 01:39:19,92 the takeaway that that I want to have with us is to start the conversation and 1204 01:39:19,93 --> 01:39:23,12 maybe think just about how we do that process of course there's 1205 01:39:23,13 --> 01:39:26,62 a charter and there's deadlines and there's things like that the town has to do but 1206 01:39:26,63 --> 01:39:31,55 the conversations about the budget can happen from the big Right right for the next 1207 01:39:31,56 --> 01:39:35,81 year's budget right away obviously we're focused on this but we need to start this 1208 01:39:35,85 --> 01:39:41,86 soon OK So the reality is the town of Saugus has as under funded us for many years 1209 01:39:41,87 --> 01:39:45,50 and the school department is has definitely been losing round to the other 1210 01:39:45,51 --> 01:39:51,29 departments this isn't this is something. All the factors recently exacerbating the 1211 01:39:51,30 --> 01:39:57,62 situation are the. Decline of the race the Top funds that many of our programs that 1212 01:39:57,63 --> 01:40:03,62 were put in particularly at thirteen were predicated upon in the end also the 1213 01:40:03,63 --> 01:40:08,97 increased in Roman of Saga students in vocational charter and private schools and 1214 01:40:09,01 --> 01:40:13,68 frankly the expenses of having to operate in will talk about tonight it's already 1215 01:40:13,69 --> 01:40:18,04 been spoken about the the overhead for as many buildings that we have that we have 1216 01:40:18,99 --> 01:40:24,55 we've been allocated only one. Less than one an app percent for operating budget 1217 01:40:24,56 --> 01:40:28,81 this year four hundred thousand dollars over last year's budget you know show you 1218 01:40:28,82 --> 01:40:34,35 that the minute. And it also all talked about some of the slides and then we'll get 1219 01:40:34,36 --> 01:40:39,82 to some of the things that were put forward many many of which you have certainly 1220 01:40:39,83 --> 01:40:45,29 heard about today all right so the first the first slide that I want to show. 1221 01:40:47,63 --> 01:40:52,26 All right is this this is the this is the school budget the you're looking at here 1222 01:40:52,26 --> 01:40:59,03 . So if you look at beginning it's you can see in 1223 01:40:59,04 --> 01:41:02,33 terms of the call in the school department budget budget the percentage increase 1224 01:41:03,05 --> 01:41:08,13 from year to year and budget and also the percentage increase over the prior year 1225 01:41:08,78 --> 01:41:11,89 in the school percentage of school budget as 1226 01:41:11,90 --> 01:41:17,69 a percentage of the town budget OK I will come back to all of these terms and I 1227 01:41:17,73 --> 01:41:22,16 have some other slides to compare it to just just for an education on this all 1228 01:41:22,17 --> 01:41:23,79 right of which frankly I'm not 1229 01:41:23,80 --> 01:41:27,33 a finance major or anything like that we we've been looking at this 1230 01:41:27,34 --> 01:41:33,19 a lot so when you look at beginning in. The beginning in zero three. 1231 01:41:34,24 --> 01:41:41,18 With. That year excuse me thirteen up excuse me that year that was basically 1232 01:41:41,19 --> 01:41:46,77 money was taken off the table from the schools and they started with less money the 1233 01:41:46,78 --> 01:41:53,03 end of the previous year the next year on on the on fourteen 1234 01:41:53,67 --> 01:41:54,20 we did have 1235 01:41:54,21 --> 01:41:59,54 a three point seven seven percent. Increase from the previous year but originally 1236 01:41:59,55 --> 01:42:03,79 it was at two point seven three percent and we got to the additional monies that 1237 01:42:03,80 --> 01:42:08,50 two hundred sixty five thousand was found was in response to 1238 01:42:08,51 --> 01:42:11,24 a partial payment. For an M.B. T. 1239 01:42:11,25 --> 01:42:17,60 a Chargeback that was found in I'll get to that too as to how how those things are 1240 01:42:17,61 --> 01:42:20,81 in there without making it so dry OK but that was 1241 01:42:20,82 --> 01:42:25,42 a long standing charge to the schools where we were paid for the M.B.T. 1242 01:42:25,42 --> 01:42:32,22 . We're chargeback in that that increases the net school spending. And I'll 1243 01:42:32,23 --> 01:42:38,62 talk about that but it is not part is not actually part of our. Actual operational 1244 01:42:38,63 --> 01:42:42,41 budget All right. Last year we had one and 1245 01:42:42,42 --> 01:42:47,16 a half percent OK and the blank that's in there under under the four point eight 1246 01:42:47,17 --> 01:42:52,47 Total over those years in comparison to the eleven point sixteen is that that's the 1247 01:42:53,28 --> 01:42:58,51 three year total comparing what we had over three years increase from our budget of 1248 01:42:58,52 --> 01:43:01,45 four point eight to eleven point six M. 1249 01:43:01,46 --> 01:43:07,42 For the remaining. Town departments All right what we're trying to do we're not 1250 01:43:07,55 --> 01:43:13,53 we're not trying to upset oftentimes I've heard anecdotally sometimes people refer 1251 01:43:13,54 --> 01:43:16,95 to you know the budgets already said we're not trying to put firefighters out of 1252 01:43:16,96 --> 01:43:21,24 jobs or police out of jobs or things like that but we're just trying to do is 1253 01:43:21,25 --> 01:43:25,49 advocate for equity there's twenty nine hundred students all grade levels in here 1254 01:43:26,20 --> 01:43:30,02 their futures some of the brilliant futures you saw for trade by the students who 1255 01:43:30,03 --> 01:43:35,17 presented tonight all of that that's our board that's my birth OK Twenty nine 1256 01:43:35,18 --> 01:43:41,57 hundred students four hundred fifty employees All right so what you know what's 1257 01:43:42,09 --> 01:43:47,57 this year four hundred four hundred thousand dollars over last year's budget really 1258 01:43:47,58 --> 01:43:52,19 just puts us at. One point four eight percent OK 1259 01:43:52,20 --> 01:43:54,94 a little bit less two years of one and 1260 01:43:54,95 --> 01:44:01,59 a half percent increases All right that are devastating and I'll get to why that is 1261 01:44:01,72 --> 01:44:06,85 OK particularly when people say in general for one of the new had last year what 1262 01:44:07,09 --> 01:44:10,11 what happens why can't you make that why can't you make do with 1263 01:44:10,12 --> 01:44:14,95 a. Still more but I'll show you that because we have many contracts already in 1264 01:44:14,96 --> 01:44:19,72 place with targeting units for which we we are on the hook so to speak for those 1265 01:44:19,73 --> 01:44:24,34 steps and lanes increases for people in this case it was almost three times the 1266 01:44:24,35 --> 01:44:31,11 amount. Of what we were given OK What we what we are right more than three 1267 01:44:31,12 --> 01:44:36,87 times and I'll show you that if we can go to the next size. This is and I don't 1268 01:44:36,88 --> 01:44:39,87 want to I don't want to this slide is up there for 1269 01:44:39,88 --> 01:44:43,92 a particular reason and it's not only through but I talked to some colleagues they 1270 01:44:43,93 --> 01:44:46,96 use a similar approach presentation Denver's use this in 1271 01:44:46,97 --> 01:44:52,70 a few other towns in the area use this and I only use this I don't use this to say 1272 01:44:52,74 --> 01:44:57,85 we are this town we are that town we should be like this we're Saugus OK We're very 1273 01:44:57,86 --> 01:45:02,20 proud of what we do and what we have going to fight to preserve it but when you 1274 01:45:02,21 --> 01:45:07,36 look at those the budget increases on the left OK that were approved those are the 1275 01:45:07,37 --> 01:45:09,97 types of increases for an average of four and 1276 01:45:09,98 --> 01:45:16,68 a half at one five OK Obviously what the reason I have this slide up there is 1277 01:45:16,75 --> 01:45:23,47 particularly when we go to town meeting there is. A lot in it is true 1278 01:45:23,48 --> 01:45:30,29 argument OK where basically our percentage our ratio OK We're at thirty 1279 01:45:30,30 --> 01:45:36,03 nine percent approximately of the total town picture of the budget All right what 1280 01:45:36,07 --> 01:45:42,94 is often said it's it's true is that included benefits OK such as health insurance 1281 01:45:42,95 --> 01:45:49,83 and debt maintenance other types of things that we that that's still part of the 1282 01:45:49,84 --> 01:45:54,94 town's debt all of our debts police and fire all of that we happen to have the most 1283 01:45:55,00 --> 01:46:00,87 employees that pay into the things we're the largest department and it's that ratio 1284 01:46:01,04 --> 01:46:05,03 OK that I want to talk about You'll notice if you look at the notes from the 1285 01:46:05,04 --> 01:46:10,54 different towns and this is by no means complete and I will present more. Thora 1286 01:46:10,55 --> 01:46:17,18 want to with some of the local talkable and some of the other. Very dry 1287 01:46:17,43 --> 01:46:23,91 financial formulas behind it but what it shows is even though each town 1288 01:46:24,17 --> 01:46:30,11 pays its own thing each town still has if we can go to the next next slide each 1289 01:46:30,12 --> 01:46:34,10 town this is just from timbers. There they pay 1290 01:46:34,11 --> 01:46:40,73 a percentage of things just like we do OK almost the same exact things and it's in 1291 01:46:40,74 --> 01:46:43,26 everything else but they still get 1292 01:46:43,27 --> 01:46:49,96 a percentage increase OK So basically some towns only have in there you have 1293 01:46:49,97 --> 01:46:54,59 a net school spending formula and everything above the net school spending formula 1294 01:46:55,03 --> 01:47:00,11 is. Is the things that are in the charge back to us OK but they are not in 1295 01:47:00,12 --> 01:47:05,64 a off original budget our operational budget is twenty seven million dollars or 1296 01:47:05,68 --> 01:47:10,53 just over for next year twenty seven three seven five whatever it is that's where 1297 01:47:10,54 --> 01:47:15,24 we are right for next year to take care of everything that we have to take care of 1298 01:47:15,97 --> 01:47:21,83 that's that's our contractual obligations that's books supplies everything and as 1299 01:47:21,84 --> 01:47:27,62 you've heard is wealth oftentimes that's the heating bills OK for buildings that 1300 01:47:27,63 --> 01:47:31,78 are very old things things that kind of things that shouldn't cut into our 1301 01:47:31,79 --> 01:47:34,50 operational budgets OK when you're talking about. 1302 01:47:38,94 --> 01:47:45,92 This is the first page of our of our budget that's. In 1303 01:47:45,93 --> 01:47:52,80 many of these are out there around on the tables. Our first line that we have 1304 01:47:52,87 --> 01:47:58,00 in this was our twenty six nine seven five This is last year's budget our current 1305 01:47:58,01 --> 01:48:02,50 budget that's all we operate from our budget for this year as it is as we were 1306 01:48:03,41 --> 01:48:07,80 allocated one hundred thousand dollars above is twenty seven three seven five to 1307 01:48:07,81 --> 01:48:14,77 fifty. The first the first question that I get often is well why is it so 1308 01:48:14,78 --> 01:48:21,77 high what are your fixed costs are fixed costs include all of our contracts OK for 1309 01:48:21,78 --> 01:48:28,75 the the multiple groups that we have bargaining is there any any thing in there for 1310 01:48:28,98 --> 01:48:29,63 bargaining isn't 1311 01:48:29,64 --> 01:48:36,44 a line in nonunion employees but within those within that number OK we have the 1312 01:48:36,45 --> 01:48:42,44 creepiest years budget where we've signed on where we negotiated with the teachers 1313 01:48:42,45 --> 01:48:47,66 union with these other unions what we're on the on the hook for so to speak that we 1314 01:48:47,67 --> 01:48:54,60 have to pay those wages those percentage increases in the those are over what we've 1315 01:48:54,61 --> 01:48:55,58 been giving it one and 1316 01:48:55,59 --> 01:49:01,61 a half percent all right so that that's the crux of it all right. In just for an 1317 01:49:01,62 --> 01:49:08,51 example of that one of just one of those bargaining units is more than. Just one of 1318 01:49:08,52 --> 01:49:13,43 them is more than the entire four hundred thousand. OK just one of them all right 1319 01:49:14,31 --> 01:49:14,54 there are 1320 01:49:14,55 --> 01:49:19,48 a bunch of other totals that go into that as well what we did on this one is we 1321 01:49:19,49 --> 01:49:24,92 reduce this line by one hundred seventy four thousand from our original post but 1322 01:49:25,53 --> 01:49:31,29 before and the only way we can do that OK is to take it out of line we took fifty 1323 01:49:31,30 --> 01:49:34,88 thousand dollars out of this special ed if you see the other district you wish and 1324 01:49:34,89 --> 01:49:40,73 why we have reserve accounts the way special ed funding goes in circuit breaker is 1325 01:49:40,94 --> 01:49:41,79 you are allocated 1326 01:49:41,80 --> 01:49:48,06 a portion of monies in your budget in our we have an exceptional P.P.S. 1327 01:49:48,07 --> 01:49:51,62 Director who is on top of every grant opportunity every every way we can stretch 1328 01:49:51,63 --> 01:49:57,87 every dollar and in we are going into reserves OK to do this OK. 1329 01:49:59,20 --> 01:50:05,15 If you. Next the next part of that I'm sorry it's just oh my SO is. 1330 01:50:06,28 --> 01:50:12,39 Not the same is the extended year program to many of our programs as you know from 1331 01:50:12,43 --> 01:50:19,05 athletics which we'll talk about later some of our transportation costs in the like 1332 01:50:19,22 --> 01:50:24,62 we don't fully fund from the start which means we have to pay for them out of other 1333 01:50:25,02 --> 01:50:26,81 parts of the budget this is 1334 01:50:26,82 --> 01:50:31,39 a historic thing and it's not anyone's fault it's not it's but it's something 1335 01:50:31,40 --> 01:50:36,91 that's going on and we're trying to make sure that we pay upfront all of that we 1336 01:50:36,92 --> 01:50:42,87 were not able to do that as you can see from some of this in all of those all of 1337 01:50:42,88 --> 01:50:48,90 those needs together. We cut the entire entire line by. 1338 01:50:52,52 --> 01:50:57,90 Two hundred and I'm sorry I don't have that there can't do the math right now. But 1339 01:50:57,90 --> 01:51:03,62 . All the way. 1340 01:51:05,39 --> 01:51:10,34 Back to that the going to have it on that flight. To go to the next. 1341 01:51:12,45 --> 01:51:17,88 These are critical needs OK in addition to. What we had in just 1342 01:51:17,89 --> 01:51:20,87 a just to know how we prepare our budgets to I probably should've started with the 1343 01:51:20,88 --> 01:51:26,12 overview and I apologize for that critical needs these are things that the 1344 01:51:26,13 --> 01:51:30,21 principals in the school committee in the teachers in the feedback that we put in 1345 01:51:30,22 --> 01:51:36,51 there are things that really support education and teaching and learning for the 1346 01:51:36,52 --> 01:51:41,49 safety of students all these things these are these are how we want to improve our 1347 01:51:41,50 --> 01:51:47,33 district what I'm just telling you is only two of those are still the two that are 1348 01:51:47,34 --> 01:51:54,15 most mandated completely mandated. Are the parents profession is needed to follow 1349 01:51:54,16 --> 01:51:58,18 I piece where we had three where we looked at another Granted we could reduce to 1350 01:51:58,22 --> 01:52:04,94 two. And also we reduced the. Teacher Where we had one and 1351 01:52:04,95 --> 01:52:08,94 a half were supposed to we went to one of the half and then finally we went to one 1352 01:52:09,23 --> 01:52:13,57 those are for compliance with state and federal mandates for kids who don't were 1353 01:52:13,67 --> 01:52:18,22 English language learning learners and it's in English is not their first language 1354 01:52:18,65 --> 01:52:25,00 but we had to we had to still provide that by mandate OK or we lose we lose funds 1355 01:52:25,41 --> 01:52:30,67 Never mind that we loose funds it's the ethical thing that we have to do so those 1356 01:52:30,68 --> 01:52:35,39 are actually still. Things that we have to pay. 1357 01:52:38,77 --> 01:52:45,75 That leaves us excuse me. That that leaves us if once those things are 1358 01:52:45,76 --> 01:52:48,01 out of the need to further reduce 1359 01:52:48,05 --> 01:52:54,59 a million one hundred twenty nine thousand dollars OK Now in this if we go to the 1360 01:52:54,60 --> 01:53:01,14 next slide please this slide in as it was said before this is by no 1361 01:53:01,15 --> 01:53:08,02 means. It is our proposal to the school committee it's going to be approved by 1362 01:53:08,03 --> 01:53:14,33 school committee I've met like I said with the with the teams and we vetted some of 1363 01:53:14,34 --> 01:53:19,33 these and we are open to other ideas I suggestions the other day to look at things 1364 01:53:19,34 --> 01:53:25,20 and we will look at those things but what we had to do you know it's it's terrible 1365 01:53:25,93 --> 01:53:30,07 but as a person you know in a school district in 1366 01:53:30,08 --> 01:53:35,29 a school building is always approximately sixty to eighty percent of the budget. 1367 01:53:36,32 --> 01:53:42,67 And the we looked at reducing teachers if we could. Hands 1368 01:53:43,37 --> 01:53:49,52 in there were twelve teaching positions that that we came up with that have severe 1369 01:53:49,53 --> 01:53:54,77 impacts OK and some of those have been mentioned already but I want to reiterate 1370 01:53:54,78 --> 01:53:59,65 that as well but from in terms of the elementary positions from Ballard to the to 1371 01:53:59,66 --> 01:54:05,26 the limbers we targeted for positions where if we make cuts in bubble grades. 1372 01:54:06,87 --> 01:54:12,04 Those are the grades where we could where there might be three. Classes if we could 1373 01:54:12,05 --> 01:54:16,58 reduce those two. To four if we could put more students in 1374 01:54:16,59 --> 01:54:23,22 a class. Fight increase that's it's the only game the only the only 1375 01:54:23,23 --> 01:54:27,83 way we can do that is to increase class size and we do so the number of teachers. 1376 01:54:29,53 --> 01:54:35,64 Who teach those classes of the class size goes up and the education and as you 1377 01:54:35,65 --> 01:54:42,36 heard very articulately mention by our students it's not the same OK but it is. 1378 01:54:44,88 --> 01:54:50,33 That is what we have OK So there's issues too with equity in that and I want to say 1379 01:54:50,34 --> 01:54:56,62 that because of the demographics of our districts so that we have many. For example 1380 01:54:56,63 --> 01:55:01,83 in elementary grades at the waypoints where there are many where there's only two 1381 01:55:02,09 --> 01:55:07,91 classes at some grade levels there's no. No way that you can fly. You know when you 1382 01:55:07,92 --> 01:55:12,42 could have classes of thirty or thirty five so we're also we would have to look at 1383 01:55:12,43 --> 01:55:18,56 if we did cut some of these classes we would also have to look at. Or the or the 1384 01:55:18,57 --> 01:55:22,64 teachers increase size we would have to look at how we would try to distribute 1385 01:55:22,65 --> 01:55:27,34 kids' attention to other schools to make up that balance to if the parents wanted 1386 01:55:27,35 --> 01:55:34,22 to do that it is it's obviously not anything that. We were even 1387 01:55:34,90 --> 01:55:40,85 want to do or prefer to do in as none of this is at the at the middle school we 1388 01:55:40,86 --> 01:55:47,03 looked at three positions were suggested at first and I do want to say this when we 1389 01:55:47,16 --> 01:55:52,07 went in we were looking at approximately fifteen is the shims and we took those out 1390 01:55:52,16 --> 01:55:55,76 you know I'll talk about other ways that we're hopeful that some of these that 1391 01:55:55,77 --> 01:56:01,35 there would be fewer cuts as well. But as was already alluded to. 1392 01:56:03,15 --> 01:56:08,38 One of the cuts in suggestions as well in there there could be others OK as well 1393 01:56:08,42 --> 01:56:12,64 that in each school I depended on where we go in the numbers for and Roman and 1394 01:56:12,65 --> 01:56:13,50 other types of struck 1395 01:56:13,56 --> 01:56:18,65 a structural changes we potentially could put in but the suggestion was made to to 1396 01:56:18,65 --> 01:56:25,60 . Cut the Spanish program the feeder program as was mentioned to to 1397 01:56:25,61 --> 01:56:32,50 the high school. And. It's it is 1398 01:56:33,04 --> 01:56:39,54 that's what was suggested OK We have also was suggested to cut other encore classes 1399 01:56:39,66 --> 01:56:40,42 and you heard 1400 01:56:41,18 --> 01:56:45,22 a student speak rationally about and we mentioned this too on the onset of this 1401 01:56:45,23 --> 01:56:50,67 a couple weeks ago where some of those courses whatever they are they might not be 1402 01:56:50,68 --> 01:56:53,32 academic but those are the things that get kids to school that's where they 1403 01:56:53,33 --> 01:56:57,75 identify that's where they they they are mentored by teachers that's where they see 1404 01:56:57,81 --> 01:57:04,18 they hit their stride and go forward with those are the classes as I gave the do. 1405 01:57:04,25 --> 01:57:09,23 Active that we're going to try to keep classes we we can't look at sustaining 1406 01:57:09,24 --> 01:57:12,53 classes that are under fifteen that are under twenty OK as 1407 01:57:12,54 --> 01:57:17,61 a rule OK and it's hard to do that and it's hard to say that but this is the 1408 01:57:17,62 --> 01:57:23,54 customary practice in other districts OK as well that it doesn't doesn't make it 1409 01:57:23,55 --> 01:57:28,08 right it does impact and it does take away from what makes August August but these 1410 01:57:28,09 --> 01:57:32,55 are realities that we're facing right now. At the high school. 1411 01:57:34,82 --> 01:57:36,33 Most impacted for 1412 01:57:36,34 --> 01:57:41,20 a variety of reasons in our Also one I'll mention I'll come back to the middle 1413 01:57:41,21 --> 01:57:47,62 school as well parallel cuts. It's when you have more 1414 01:57:47,63 --> 01:57:54,10 sections and offerings that is in multiple sections of courses it's 1415 01:57:54,14 --> 01:57:59,28 easier. It's never easy to cut but you can. 1416 01:58:01,13 --> 01:58:05,89 Particularly at the higher grade levels when students are already accomplished 1417 01:58:05,90 --> 01:58:09,86 students and they know how to learn better be and in more experience would have 1418 01:58:10,07 --> 01:58:15,38 that many times at the earlier grades where students are learning to read and 1419 01:58:15,57 --> 01:58:21,77 reading to learn and things like that all the scholarship out there says it's it's 1420 01:58:21,78 --> 01:58:28,15 much easier. Or not he's here and it's the forward choice on my part but it's. 1421 01:58:29,26 --> 01:58:33,47 It's easier for students to recover OK with larger classes at the high school level 1422 01:58:33,48 --> 01:58:40,44 than at the early level so at the secondary levels excuse me so. At the high 1423 01:58:40,45 --> 01:58:47,29 school in terms of the electives OK in in the focus in Mr Hashem is had tough 1424 01:58:47,35 --> 01:58:54,00 tough conversations are ready with his entire faculty in with with teachers as to 1425 01:58:54,54 --> 01:59:01,37 what electives OK what quare courses that don't subscribe to or have class 1426 01:59:01,38 --> 01:59:06,55 sizes under twenty Those will be targeted. What he has right now is they're 1427 01:59:06,56 --> 01:59:10,15 building the master schedule at the high school they still don't have all of that 1428 01:59:10,40 --> 01:59:16,46 information in OK as to what that could be but some of those. For example. 1429 01:59:18,79 --> 01:59:23,84 Would shop classes and. Wellness classes and other types of classes where they 1430 01:59:23,88 --> 01:59:28,13 might be multiple sections and you could absorb more people in 1431 01:59:28,14 --> 01:59:34,85 a class more more readily those will be looked at in and scrutinized again 1432 01:59:35,76 --> 01:59:41,64 this will have as with the middle school cuts to circle back to that dramatic 1433 01:59:41,65 --> 01:59:48,56 effect it will have it'll have an effect on. The the entire school profile as 1434 01:59:48,57 --> 01:59:52,82 Saugus high school is the flagship of the district that is where kids so many of 1435 01:59:52,83 --> 01:59:58,81 them are presented tonight going off to to schools like Harvard OK they very 1436 01:59:58,82 --> 01:59:59,50 accomplished in 1437 01:59:59,51 --> 02:00:03,91 a never mind just just just the Ivy Leagues all the other schools where every where 1438 02:00:03,92 --> 02:00:10,87 everyone is getting into major impact to. That would mean 1439 02:00:10,88 --> 02:00:14,18 that currently they have their schedule for seven periods 1440 02:00:14,22 --> 02:00:18,46 a day and that we would try to. I come up with 1441 02:00:18,47 --> 02:00:23,57 a way that their schedules wouldn't be completely filled the six credits or six the 1442 02:00:23,58 --> 02:00:28,81 aft credits depending on the situation and we would have to supplant that in some 1443 02:00:28,82 --> 02:00:29,67 cases with 1444 02:00:29,71 --> 02:00:35,87 a directed study which no one wants to do. But that that is that is what we are 1445 02:00:35,88 --> 02:00:42,75 looking at right now. In terms of the Spanish the Spanish program in the feeder 1446 02:00:42,76 --> 02:00:43,74 for the A.P. 1447 02:00:44,52 --> 02:00:49,64 The that is those are things OK that are happening there could also be other cuts 1448 02:00:49,65 --> 02:00:55,40 the foreign language. Program where we have particularly for 1449 02:00:55,41 --> 02:01:01,31 a special high school and multiple languages we are looking at the possibility of 1450 02:01:01,32 --> 02:01:07,07 having to not have freshman come in and take Mandarin or take Latin but to follow 1451 02:01:07,08 --> 02:01:08,00 the students out have 1452 02:01:08,01 --> 02:01:13,30 a reduction in that's what Mr Hashem is working closely with his team to do to try 1453 02:01:13,31 --> 02:01:17,66 to have people finish in Sunset out as they call it with what they what they signed 1454 02:01:17,67 --> 02:01:23,86 up for but with the impact definitely two. Kids kids making 1455 02:01:23,87 --> 02:01:28,97 a decision about the academics that they're going to want that academy experience 1456 02:01:29,01 --> 02:01:35,21 in the like those are real consequences. The next. 1457 02:01:36,61 --> 02:01:42,87 Cut that we that we have on there is to eliminate custodial substitutes and just 1458 02:01:42,88 --> 02:01:47,59 looking at ways across so that we don't have coverage when 1459 02:01:47,60 --> 02:01:53,52 a custodian in that may sound. When you're looking at it like it like it's easy 1460 02:01:53,53 --> 02:01:57,80 thing to put down on paper and we'll just make do but ah particularly in the early 1461 02:01:57,81 --> 02:02:04,81 grades where there were students toileting issues in oftentimes that they you know 1462 02:02:04,90 --> 02:02:08,83 students are sick in other types of things their health has its concerns and other 1463 02:02:08,84 --> 02:02:13,12 types of things that we would have to change for coverage more importantly than 1464 02:02:13,13 --> 02:02:20,02 that we did sign in collaboratively to go. Contract in some of these changes 1465 02:02:20,36 --> 02:02:24,89 also we have to make sure that we can do the them within contractual language as 1466 02:02:24,90 --> 02:02:31,19 well. The next the next cut is. The 1467 02:02:31,20 --> 02:02:38,07 elimination two. Of the A or local educational agency or authority 1468 02:02:39,06 --> 02:02:44,47 the contribution that we do to the athletics program OK And what that means. Is 1469 02:02:44,48 --> 02:02:51,35 that we would be. Not funding the athletic program and 1470 02:02:51,82 --> 02:02:58,42 in order for sports to continue the burden would be on. Already we have high user 1471 02:02:58,43 --> 02:03:05,39 fees in it we would see our user fees creep up to about seven hundred. Or 1472 02:03:05,40 --> 02:03:10,14 over seven hundred dollars per sport OK They're already up there and that would be 1473 02:03:10,21 --> 02:03:16,02 another dramatic impact that we're trying to avoid but it is. 1474 02:03:17,52 --> 02:03:18,10 Again this is 1475 02:03:18,11 --> 02:03:24,65 a multi-tiered look at how we can make these cuts another thing that was 1476 02:03:24,66 --> 02:03:30,18 suggested because some area towns do this and we do we do think that in terms of 1477 02:03:30,19 --> 02:03:37,18 equity. Of in we're not. We know how impactful all 1478 02:03:37,19 --> 02:03:41,37 of this is but in terms of equity we would look to make sure that we charge 1479 02:03:41,38 --> 02:03:46,40 a fee for student activities and tonight across the board in 1480 02:03:46,41 --> 02:03:50,06 a program and we looked at some other models of how we could do that may cost that 1481 02:03:50,07 --> 02:03:54,92 out what we had for students who participate in that in what has been proposed so 1482 02:03:54,93 --> 02:04:00,32 far would be one hundred dollars fee to participate in afterschool activities what 1483 02:04:00,33 --> 02:04:05,06 we have the burden of doing now too is saying which one of those are there any of 1484 02:04:05,07 --> 02:04:11,74 those for example and it still has to be have discussion on that in we have we 1485 02:04:11,78 --> 02:04:12,33 started with 1486 02:04:12,34 --> 02:04:17,33 a projection of forty thousand dollars that we could save if we if we didn't run 1487 02:04:17,34 --> 02:04:22,17 the clubs or fund the advisors for that many of our teachers do. 1488 02:04:23,99 --> 02:04:30,98 Have. Longstanding ties with students and wonderful clubs and things like that but 1489 02:04:31,16 --> 02:04:34,33 if we didn't have similar to classroom in Rome and if we didn't have 1490 02:04:34,34 --> 02:04:38,53 a lot of students in those we would look to either cut those the idea for the 1491 02:04:38,54 --> 02:04:43,58 hundred dollar fee which is. You know it's 1492 02:04:43,59 --> 02:04:47,80 a lot different than we've done before Millen high but the idea of that fee would 1493 02:04:47,81 --> 02:04:53,80 be that if you paid the fee once you could do more than one club OK so that you 1494 02:04:53,81 --> 02:04:57,91 could get some benefit out of it but that we would have we would use 1495 02:04:57,92 --> 02:05:04,05 a. Pay for these things as well to not have to pay out of. 1496 02:05:05,27 --> 02:05:09,59 A For some of those things so that students would still have clubs and activities 1497 02:05:09,60 --> 02:05:16,23 to do after school the degree to which we would do that in the conversation that it 1498 02:05:16,95 --> 02:05:23,09 inspires about what what would be what part of the school so would it would honor 1499 02:05:23,10 --> 02:05:29,77 society would you have to pay to be an honor society some places do that OK and we 1500 02:05:29,78 --> 02:05:36,03 still need to have more discussion about that. Read. Using computer hardware we cut 1501 02:05:36,04 --> 02:05:41,67 that's in half in in again as we're looking at and we will scrutinize the lines 1502 02:05:41,68 --> 02:05:48,65 further but that of course you know machines all over. Over 1503 02:05:48,66 --> 02:05:54,12 people OK and things like that it's important to know that what we've been doing is 1504 02:05:54,61 --> 02:05:58,49 a lot of our curriculum is gone is online OK in 1505 02:05:58,50 --> 02:06:03,100 a lot of the infrastructure that we have for education around that there but we cut 1506 02:06:04,01 --> 02:06:10,51 that line in half right already finish year. We have in there the 1507 02:06:10,81 --> 02:06:15,72 elimination of the minute medical assistance which will be less coverage in 1508 02:06:15,73 --> 02:06:20,55 floating coverage when when nurses are out for safety issues but also will greatly 1509 02:06:20,56 --> 02:06:24,79 impact the field trips as many of our field trips particularly with younger 1510 02:06:24,80 --> 02:06:27,70 students we have a terrorist attack and. We had 1511 02:06:27,71 --> 02:06:33,61 a reduction in the supply lines anticipated if we do cut some of the electives that 1512 02:06:33,62 --> 02:06:40,27 have. Supplies to them and decreased things we would need reduction in 1513 02:06:40,28 --> 02:06:41,65 a district B.C.V.A. 1514 02:06:41,65 --> 02:06:48,12 . Board certified behavioral analyst to help students and 1515 02:06:48,49 --> 02:06:55,19 professionals come up with educational learning plans for students. And that 1516 02:06:55,33 --> 02:06:55,67 gives us 1517 02:06:55,68 --> 02:07:02,14 a remainder of three hundred thousand dollars that we are going to get one way or 1518 02:07:02,15 --> 02:07:08,97 another out of. Closing and I will say this we 1519 02:07:09,35 --> 02:07:15,67 looked into closing this building. We have costed out. What we would save in that 1520 02:07:15,68 --> 02:07:22,53 just in. Overhead and indeed even if it saves forty to 1521 02:07:22,54 --> 02:07:29,45 fifty thousand we would look to go to another building probably Saugus high school 1522 02:07:29,49 --> 02:07:34,78 because there is plenty of space in there we also looked at other close. Other 1523 02:07:34,79 --> 02:07:38,61 buildings OK if we could do that it's in we still have 1524 02:07:38,62 --> 02:07:43,98 a lot to do on that to make sure that it's it's viable we know that when we had. 1525 02:07:46,04 --> 02:07:49,57 People talk about it in a style Jackley and I wasn't here but when there was 1526 02:07:49,58 --> 02:07:56,28 a road an infestation in the way bright. Almost on the few years back all of 1527 02:07:56,29 --> 02:07:57,90 a sudden they spent 1528 02:07:57,91 --> 02:08:01,84 a lot of time at the high school we know we know in terms of capacity and moving 1529 02:08:01,85 --> 02:08:07,82 that we could put people in there we don't know that it makes the best sense we 1530 02:08:07,83 --> 02:08:12,21 also don't know when I need to meet with the town manager on this too is when you 1531 02:08:12,22 --> 02:08:12,55 take 1532 02:08:12,56 --> 02:08:19,32 a building off line if if we get any other benefits for in 1533 02:08:19,60 --> 02:08:23,68 terms of charge back agreements the Evans School has been off offline for 1534 02:08:23,69 --> 02:08:29,54 a while now in some of those fees that we're trying to see if we can get for that 1535 02:08:29,55 --> 02:08:34,65 that in some of those we still manage the account and we still have charge back for 1536 02:08:34,66 --> 02:08:38,69 heating and building that we're we're not at and those are some of the things that 1537 02:08:38,70 --> 02:08:45,27 we're trying to. Rectify so. We in 1538 02:08:45,28 --> 02:08:49,78 addition to that and I put some of some of the ways that we're scraping to come up 1539 02:08:49,79 --> 02:08:54,81 with this. We look to apply everywhere every single rental fee or overage that we 1540 02:08:54,82 --> 02:09:00,83 have to utilities as well and we hope to get. We should we estimate that will gain 1541 02:09:01,43 --> 02:09:06,43 seventy thousand for that sickly buyback that you heard about before anything that 1542 02:09:06,44 --> 02:09:09,19 is still on the table is simply buyback is 1543 02:09:09,20 --> 02:09:14,04 a contractual arrangement and people don't retire that year sometimes there's. In 1544 02:09:14,05 --> 02:09:18,33 overage we would look to do that the spent contingencies at the year end where we 1545 02:09:18,60 --> 02:09:25,20 we pay ahead anything that we have left over when we start. Scrutinizing the budget 1546 02:09:25,43 --> 02:09:29,91 we pay some of those ahead and we have and we don't know the budget for certain 1547 02:09:29,92 --> 02:09:34,54 amount to the end of the year we don't know until it's set at the end to get that 1548 02:09:34,55 --> 02:09:41,07 amount but that's that's where we stop at the three hundred thousand. And we also 1549 02:09:41,08 --> 02:09:47,24 hope to in all of those all of the teacher kind of you were budgeted at forty five 1550 02:09:47,25 --> 02:09:54,15 thousand dollars per person we're hoping. And that's and I'll be frank 1551 02:09:54,16 --> 02:09:59,14 with you oftentimes what happens in in 1552 02:09:59,40 --> 02:10:06,15 a reduction in force in areas in budget situations such as these is your the people 1553 02:10:06,16 --> 02:10:12,49 who don't stay on due to seniority and other. Other effects are the people who are 1554 02:10:12,50 --> 02:10:19,41 at least on the on the pay scale so they're new new in the in the steps and lanes 1555 02:10:19,94 --> 02:10:26,09 in it in you have to in we lose more people OK So that hasn't been determined all 1556 02:10:26,10 --> 02:10:30,50 the way through and it's tough to even talk about that but if there's 1557 02:10:30,51 --> 02:10:33,59 a change in that that increases obviously that's 1558 02:10:33,60 --> 02:10:40,28 a higher rate than we would hopefully have to we could. Fewer 1559 02:10:40,29 --> 02:10:45,14 teachers and then we would prepare how we would how we would do that. 1560 02:10:47,22 --> 02:10:53,10 Wrong. That is the plan so far and 1561 02:10:54,07 --> 02:10:57,45 put that to the committee that is what we've come up with as 1562 02:10:57,46 --> 02:11:04,12 a new st of team. To speak to the 1563 02:11:04,13 --> 02:11:07,33 superintendent and all the staff that have worked to put this together I can 1564 02:11:07,34 --> 02:11:12,99 honestly say I would not support this at all and last year I was new and somebody 1565 02:11:13,00 --> 02:11:17,75 once told me Be careful when you go to cut because they never they never come back 1566 02:11:18,49 --> 02:11:22,74 last year we had we made some cuts and I felt very confident that they would come 1567 02:11:22,75 --> 02:11:28,92 back and now not only are we looking at not bringing back the cuts I mean what's 1568 02:11:28,93 --> 02:11:32,66 going to happen to the athletic department is absolutely unacceptable in my opinion 1569 02:11:33,05 --> 02:11:33,83 struggling with 1570 02:11:33,84 --> 02:11:38,74 a half of director with you know what do we have between the middle school and high 1571 02:11:38,75 --> 02:11:44,21 school thirteen hundred students fourteen or to fourteen hundred and now we're 1572 02:11:44,22 --> 02:11:49,34 talking about an funding Department has been grossly underfunded for years 1573 02:11:49,35 --> 02:11:54,05 traditionally you're not looking at seven hundred twenty dollars for an athletic 1574 02:11:54,06 --> 02:11:57,57 field because you won't have six hundred kids participating you're looking at 1575 02:11:57,58 --> 02:12:02,37 a thousand you're looking at the athletic department to be abolished you won't have 1576 02:12:02,38 --> 02:12:05,36 an athletic department and then we're going to have all these kids hanging around 1577 02:12:05,37 --> 02:12:12,25 and saw this and you know that that's just these cuts to me on even. Now there 1578 02:12:12,26 --> 02:12:18,64 about right now you know several seven years ago the district suffered several 1579 02:12:18,77 --> 02:12:23,45 drastic cuts that were very detrimental to the kids we had no music we had we got 1580 02:12:23,46 --> 02:12:28,87 rid of health which still hasn't come back. They had no music no gym we had parents 1581 02:12:28,88 --> 02:12:33,78 coming in teaching gym class volunteer and it took seven years to get those back to 1582 02:12:33,79 --> 02:12:37,51 come back not seven years to come back fully but we worked really hard in this 1583 02:12:37,52 --> 02:12:42,47 district to bring those things back and I do I will not support discarding those 1584 02:12:43,34 --> 02:12:47,91 Spanish the effects we need to vet out the effects that these cuts have on the 1585 02:12:47,92 --> 02:12:52,37 students when we need the cut and it was presented to us Spanish at the elementary 1586 02:12:52,38 --> 02:12:55,44 level who needs it in and I guess I agree as 1587 02:12:55,45 --> 02:12:59,69 a parent I thought I didn't think about the effect that it has on the kids but now 1588 02:12:59,70 --> 02:13:02,90 we have fifty five kids in an elementary in 1589 02:13:02,91 --> 02:13:06,46 a music class I've walked in there I've seen what she's trying to do trying to 1590 02:13:06,47 --> 02:13:06,67 teach 1591 02:13:06,68 --> 02:13:11,59 a music class to fifty five we need to think about the impact that these cuts have 1592 02:13:11,60 --> 02:13:15,34 on our students we need to go back we need to go back to the drawing board we need 1593 02:13:15,35 --> 02:13:18,39 to shop are not pencils we have already discussed as 1594 02:13:18,40 --> 02:13:21,82 a school committee we're going to go through each line item and see where we can 1595 02:13:21,83 --> 02:13:28,78 shave money back and find money to supplement this these cuts to me as 1596 02:13:28,79 --> 02:13:29,42 a Parent in 1597 02:13:29,43 --> 02:13:33,61 a school committee member unacceptable and I will not support them I did it last 1598 02:13:33,62 --> 02:13:40,30 year unknowingly what what impact it had and I will not do that again I will. I do 1599 02:13:40,31 --> 02:13:41,50 agree it was mounted by 1600 02:13:41,61 --> 02:13:46,30 a first of all there's no savings in closing the school right now I mean the Robie 1601 02:13:46,31 --> 02:13:51,64 building are closed and schools have to move kids you have to shuffle things around 1602 02:13:51,97 --> 02:13:57,12 there is no true savings when you look at it when you look at this budget and I've 1603 02:13:57,13 --> 02:14:03,55 gone through the budgets back to two thousand and ten everybody and I got to 1604 02:14:03,56 --> 02:14:09,35 honestly believe. That either we didn't take into consideration affix cost of 1605 02:14:09,36 --> 02:14:15,90 contracts but. Something's not right as far as when you're looking at cuts of this 1606 02:14:15,91 --> 02:14:22,74 nature. It's. You know I agree with Mr Meredith I'll go back and. 1607 02:14:24,04 --> 02:14:27,100 Cut things before I cut teachers I mean. We've got 1608 02:14:28,01 --> 02:14:34,98 a good staff we've got good ministry. I just can't fathom 1609 02:14:34,99 --> 02:14:41,40 this and. Very disappointing I you know I go back and I look at the 1610 02:14:41,41 --> 02:14:47,52 funding and we didn't have this much cuts we had we got minus funding and we didn't 1611 02:14:47,53 --> 02:14:54,46 have this many cuts so I you know you really yes we did. We had 1612 02:14:54,47 --> 02:15:00,99 not nitpicking cuts that you well there was that year two in thirteen that was also 1613 02:15:01,71 --> 02:15:05,23 a boom year of one hundred fifty thousand dollars coming in and raised the top 1614 02:15:05,24 --> 02:15:08,99 money in there are going to know what France coming in you know brands are not 1615 02:15:09,00 --> 02:15:14,73 those are not of that nature not of that. So I use it possible to get 1616 02:15:14,74 --> 02:15:18,43 a list of all of the grants that we have currently in maybe entering to submit it I 1617 02:15:18,44 --> 02:15:21,58 know grants have been cut to accident you know really I don't want to take you 1618 02:15:21,93 --> 02:15:26,65 there if you couldn't walk through that grants if that's the right. I don't have my 1619 02:15:26,65 --> 02:15:32,10 . Piano Players I don't see the list you know what they do that would have done 1620 02:15:32,11 --> 02:15:32,93 with the grants 1621 02:15:32,94 --> 02:15:37,66 a lot of them all of them and their title unintelligible is separate and then the 1622 02:15:37,67 --> 02:15:44,11 other plants are together. And here. 1623 02:15:45,88 --> 02:15:50,92 I just want to know what I mean where say what we don't want to have cut and you 1624 02:15:50,93 --> 02:15:55,41 know to the look at what we can cut one point three million dollars to 1625 02:15:55,42 --> 02:16:01,66 a lot to try to cover that roof I kind of supplies our building or 1626 02:16:02,57 --> 02:16:09,41 I'm curious as to if the town. Since we already been to the town manager and we've 1627 02:16:09,42 --> 02:16:16,34 already been to the allotment What is it that. We will get answers 1628 02:16:16,44 --> 02:16:21,97 only say we need more money who's going to say other then where would you like us 1629 02:16:21,98 --> 02:16:27,48 to get it from what are we going to do in there in front of town meeting with 1630 02:16:27,97 --> 02:16:32,46 friend of Graham and we get the answer when we do like us to get this money from. 1631 02:16:34,36 --> 02:16:41,24 Where what. If ever there might be able to answer me in the past how 1632 02:16:41,25 --> 02:16:47,25 many times have they turned it around and given the money if in. The finance 1633 02:16:47,26 --> 02:16:51,22 committee doesn't give any money they only recommend to town meetings have they 1634 02:16:51,23 --> 02:16:57,22 raised the recommendation at. It's not typical of finance committee to recommend. 1635 02:16:58,32 --> 02:17:05,31 To the school department the. Town Meeting has on occasion amended but 1636 02:17:05,40 --> 02:17:08,48 frankly this last is 1637 02:17:08,49 --> 02:17:12,35 a pocket of money what you're doing is just pitting Department against 1638 02:17:12,36 --> 02:17:19,01 a. Meeting member wants to sit on the floor and say OK I'm going to cut and I don't 1639 02:17:19,02 --> 02:17:23,27 want to pick let anyone in particular in the library because if it's. 1640 02:17:27,60 --> 02:17:34,07 Because this Nantes to be done before budget is put together it shouldn't be put 1641 02:17:34,08 --> 02:17:39,24 together and then whatever's left over the absolutely this needs to take place 1642 02:17:39,94 --> 02:17:44,41 before that and it never does and I don't see that changing. 1643 02:17:46,72 --> 02:17:53,44 The. I think at the at this point we need to start that 1644 02:17:53,45 --> 02:18:00,20 conversation about when we plan our we plan it has been proposed Missy and I would 1645 02:18:00,62 --> 02:18:05,81 think we could do this as well to why don't we if we can go back if you go back to 1646 02:18:05,82 --> 02:18:11,70 the other side. Why wouldn't we know or suggest if you see the trend of the funding 1647 02:18:12,17 --> 02:18:18,40 trend. No I'm sorry. 1648 02:18:19,83 --> 02:18:25,18 Yes if you look at if you look at it that's where forty percent of the allocation 1649 02:18:25,94 --> 02:18:32,93 all right in the rest of the town is sixty percent all right so. If we 1650 02:18:32,94 --> 02:18:37,27 knew what we had it would be beginning of the year and I'm not saying this and I 1651 02:18:37,28 --> 02:18:41,83 guess we will as you alluded to get the counterarguments will get how to how do you 1652 02:18:41,84 --> 02:18:46,43 divide up the pie you can only go so far but why not at the beginning of the 1653 02:18:46,44 --> 02:18:53,30 process have an estimate OK we know when. The town has to 1654 02:18:53,31 --> 02:18:59,84 put the budget by February first we have to have everything in we rush knowing that 1655 02:19:00,38 --> 02:19:05,70 when we prepare our budget every single year for whenever. We rush we put our 1656 02:19:05,71 --> 02:19:09,42 budget together and we have to wait because we don't know what we're going to get 1657 02:19:09,43 --> 02:19:14,03 from the state what I will show in is we've been doing 1658 02:19:14,04 --> 02:19:18,18 a lot of analysis on this as we have actually been getting 1659 02:19:18,33 --> 02:19:25,06 a little bit more money from the state. But less money from the town OK and 1660 02:19:25,07 --> 02:19:30,25 I'll show that I am not saying that there is. It's similar in 1661 02:19:30,26 --> 02:19:35,40 a many towns OK and we'll talk we can talk about how that's divided and things like 1662 02:19:35,41 --> 02:19:41,58 that this is not anything unique to Saugus But in recent years when we compare what 1663 02:19:41,59 --> 02:19:42,61 we get just 1664 02:19:42,62 --> 02:19:49,25 a year to year increases or lack thereof. To everything else that is what points to 1665 02:19:49,58 --> 02:19:54,36 you cut one year you're down three or four positions OK as been made clear the next 1666 02:19:54,37 --> 02:20:00,35 year you're starting with less you can never replace what you have. In then you 1667 02:20:00,36 --> 02:20:07,22 have to continue to cut we've cut. We have nowhere else to go we're already 1668 02:20:07,23 --> 02:20:13,99 cutting so. That we dramatically change all of our 1669 02:20:14,60 --> 02:20:21,28 programs or offerings are for how we do that. But. That's what we're that's what we 1670 02:20:21,29 --> 02:20:27,75 looked at we can't we're simply not funded enough to afford those schedules other 1671 02:20:27,76 --> 02:20:34,69 than. At this point. For them to have and it doesn't matter what is cut 1672 02:20:34,73 --> 02:20:41,08 every single proposed by anyone will have an effect on me 1673 02:20:41,37 --> 02:20:45,47 some directly to the students some directly to the district. 1674 02:20:49,39 --> 02:20:53,74 But really there isn't fat in the budget is people like to say there isn't 1675 02:20:54,47 --> 02:21:00,92 a lot of that had been named for the New Year's. Eve 1676 02:21:00,93 --> 02:21:06,19 defunded the furniture Well how long does that. Can only. 1677 02:21:07,83 --> 02:21:12,27 Thing for so long because it has an effect in the end for the moment if you want to 1678 02:21:12,28 --> 02:21:18,62 save some money for the side the theory of things but it does have an effect down 1679 02:21:18,63 --> 02:21:24,87 the road. In the other is the state money that comes in the chapter seventy money. 1680 02:21:25,98 --> 02:21:31,81 Matter what you say no matter how much. Any time we get more with that only means 1681 02:21:31,82 --> 02:21:37,66 that less is taken from tax the tax levy and that's all it means. 1682 02:21:40,32 --> 02:21:40,50 When 1683 02:21:40,51 --> 02:21:47,90 a child Mr Boesky. A methodology 1684 02:21:47,91 --> 02:21:54,76 on Fichte physically is sixteen fixed cost increases bothers me. Out of district 1685 02:21:54,77 --> 02:21:57,02 Jewish and where we're saying we're going to have a half 1686 02:21:57,03 --> 02:22:01,69 a million dollars more how do we know we're going to have it all more with is that 1687 02:22:01,70 --> 02:22:08,43 figure twenty four would. I mean why would why would out of Dyster tuition jump so 1688 02:22:08,51 --> 02:22:14,20 so drastically we don't even know what what what students we're going to have and 1689 02:22:14,21 --> 02:22:18,51 where they're going to have to go so always projecting that we need to have 1690 02:22:18,52 --> 02:22:24,38 a million dollars small reading. That methodology is not does not make sense to me 1691 02:22:24,38 --> 02:22:30,33 . Yeah sure you can anywhere near committed. 1692 02:22:31,58 --> 02:22:37,67 I think the final number was about three hundred eighty thousand prepaid to cover 1693 02:22:37,68 --> 02:22:43,17 the added district tuition costs this is for special education so we do know what 1694 02:22:43,18 --> 02:22:49,61 the tuition to students and that they are going to continue. This obvious 1695 02:22:50,08 --> 02:22:55,50 potential for wanted to not aware of but. Which I think one additional to mission 1696 02:22:55,51 --> 02:23:00,16 is included in that amount so you have to be stored those budget line items because 1697 02:23:00,17 --> 02:23:06,72 you use that prepaid to support other use the. Offset from from the budget to 1698 02:23:06,73 --> 02:23:13,17 support other items. So are basically robbing Peter to pay Paul Robin one year to 1699 02:23:13,18 --> 02:23:17,23 pay for the next year and eventually it's going to come to dinner you're always 1700 02:23:17,24 --> 02:23:21,14 a year ahead it's the only thing you are allowed to realize that but don't have 1701 02:23:21,15 --> 02:23:21,67 much not 1702 02:23:21,68 --> 02:23:25,55 a good way to do it because some of what we're doing we just put ourselves in the 1703 02:23:25,56 --> 02:23:26,17 hole by half 1704 02:23:26,18 --> 02:23:32,90 a million dollars by doing that last year. Our whole methodology of these increases 1705 02:23:32,91 --> 02:23:37,65 and I'm going to I'm not supporting any one of these cuts at all until we go over 1706 02:23:37,66 --> 02:23:38,86 this budget with 1707 02:23:38,87 --> 02:23:43,91 a fine tooth comb and start making some sense out of what makes sense and what 1708 02:23:43,92 --> 02:23:49,16 doesn't make sense in terms of looking at the budget that we approved I see 1709 02:23:49,17 --> 02:23:53,79 a lot of line items that I don't agree with that doesn't make sense to me. And 1710 02:23:53,80 --> 02:23:58,85 that's that's you know about God like to look at the energy cost again I'd like to 1711 02:23:58,86 --> 02:24:04,42 look at everything I like to look at every single line item on it. And start going 1712 02:24:04,43 --> 02:24:06,29 down there if there's a there's 1713 02:24:06,30 --> 02:24:10,15 a line item and may not sound like much and I've I think I've said this the last 1714 02:24:10,16 --> 02:24:14,13 three years and I got criticism fart by 1715 02:24:14,17 --> 02:24:18,93 a couple of principal several years ago that really remembers that to go through 1716 02:24:18,94 --> 02:24:24,43 this thing and say you know maybe. I'm just talking off the top of my head. 1717 02:24:31,44 --> 02:24:36,27 I don't know I don't know if this is this is where I think zero based budgeting 1718 02:24:36,35 --> 02:24:41,97 comes in to play and we don't have a timeline and I wanted to do that you take 1719 02:24:41,98 --> 02:24:46,19 a whole budget you throw it out the window and you start from scratch with zero 1720 02:24:46,33 --> 02:24:51,04 zero in every line item and then you go through that line item and it's probably 1721 02:24:51,05 --> 02:24:57,04 very tedious and very time consuming. But you justify each dollar expended in I 1722 02:24:57,05 --> 02:25:03,56 don't know that we need to spend twenty three thousand dollars. We're increasingly 1723 02:25:03,57 --> 02:25:07,76 new negates from three thousand were increasing up by three thousand two hundred 1724 02:25:07,77 --> 02:25:09,03 fifty dollars not 1725 02:25:09,04 --> 02:25:14,85 a lot of money but every item office supplies fifteen hundred bucks if we cut ten 1726 02:25:14,86 --> 02:25:21,01 percent of that the author wants some other things. To creasing at the right and 1727 02:25:21,02 --> 02:25:24,89 that's why I say it's twenty thousand here but it used to be the new needs weren't 1728 02:25:24,90 --> 02:25:31,38 paid and they were all volunteers from the patterns we back with that. And 1729 02:25:32,09 --> 02:25:34,45 you know I'm sorry delusion subscriptions maybe 1730 02:25:34,46 --> 02:25:39,33 a four year we don't pay dues and subscriptions unless we absolutely positively 1731 02:25:39,34 --> 02:25:44,08 have to maybe we don't send anybody to conferences unless we taps will we have 1732 02:25:44,09 --> 02:25:50,89 positively town I mean there are other cuts that are non programatic 1733 02:25:51,12 --> 02:25:56,33 cuts that we can make and bite the bullet in those areas so we don't send somebody 1734 02:25:56,34 --> 02:25:56,50 to 1735 02:25:56,51 --> 02:26:00,65 a conference for the one year or two years until we get some opportunities or we find 1736 02:26:00,66 --> 02:26:05,64 some of the funding to do these things these things may be contractual as well so 1737 02:26:05,65 --> 02:26:12,00 you have to be careful what you say. They deserve to be looked at Yeah I'm going to 1738 02:26:12,69 --> 02:26:13,28 go back if it's 1739 02:26:13,29 --> 02:26:18,70 a contract right it will cut everything for us and we'll figure it out. That I make 1740 02:26:18,71 --> 02:26:20,41 a suggestion that we meet together as 1741 02:26:20,42 --> 02:26:26,39 a board and. That sometimes. It's me. 1742 02:26:28,06 --> 02:26:29,24 Pick a date and go through 1743 02:26:29,81 --> 02:26:33,37 a line you know standing at the top and going to the bottom not jumping around 1744 02:26:33,38 --> 02:26:39,84 because traditionally when we've done that it's ineffective if we're. Together. 1745 02:26:43,50 --> 02:26:50,34 For the things. That we said well that's why I get criticized the things 1746 02:26:50,35 --> 02:26:54,92 never get done you keep putting them on yet. We can't rely on because when we do 1747 02:26:54,93 --> 02:26:59,76 that we don't know but he didn't just you know and had time to the day we'll have 1748 02:26:59,77 --> 02:27:06,65 a twenty seven hour day. So we're already planning to do work in meeting on that 1749 02:27:06,66 --> 02:27:11,93 day with how many things on that agenda it's just I think we just have seventeen or 1750 02:27:11,94 --> 02:27:17,53 eighteen or so maybe we should like maybe make play Tuesday morning at the crack of 1751 02:27:17,54 --> 02:27:22,55 dawn that's fine something separate because I agree when we put if we put three 1752 02:27:22,56 --> 02:27:27,69 things on an agenda and one topic ties us up for twenty five that's when it may 1753 02:27:27,70 --> 02:27:31,71 happen on the sixteenth because we're talking but that's what I'm saying so let's 1754 02:27:31,72 --> 02:27:33,20 not do it on the sixteenth let's do 1755 02:27:33,21 --> 02:27:37,81 a separate day that we just focus on this and we are not allowed to talk about 1756 02:27:37,82 --> 02:27:44,16 anything else. So I get to use my gavel to gavel you can do whatever Thank you 1757 02:27:44,17 --> 02:27:44,65 completes 1758 02:27:44,66 --> 02:27:50,24 a wish it was never more Act should use the gas so how about the Tuesday the 1759 02:27:50,25 --> 02:27:56,45 fourteenth that's what the earliest everybody can get up I get up at four to just 1760 02:27:56,46 --> 02:28:02,37 drive or at night I'm up at four so I can't be here that. We're just going to do 1761 02:28:02,38 --> 02:28:08,36 a round table. Give you a good example not to get off the plate stick 1762 02:28:08,37 --> 02:28:13,03 a good day the one time on the fourteenth you don't sleep so it doesn't matter it 1763 02:28:13,04 --> 02:28:17,92 was seven o'clock or seven am in the morning yeah you're off and I'll wake you up 1764 02:28:17,93 --> 02:28:23,88 at six. And I'll bring against something from dogs and I'm definitely coming up 1765 02:28:23,89 --> 02:28:30,13 against must. Have some of these and I'll bring Peter in the morning so you can 1766 02:28:30,14 --> 02:28:35,54 have. Me remind you was the last time you were bringing. 1767 02:28:38,78 --> 02:28:43,75 Armistice just and in this budget just the budget and the just the budget we are 1768 02:28:43,76 --> 02:28:47,91 not allowed to talk about anything else in this budget there are increases in if 1769 02:28:48,77 --> 02:28:54,90 there are increases in personal. Yes. 1770 02:28:57,16 --> 02:29:03,90 That's the theory. But the cuts that you're making in the way we 1771 02:29:03,91 --> 02:29:05,78 increase the budgets I'll give you 1772 02:29:05,79 --> 02:29:11,10 a perfect example teaching assistants but the Right now this year we have twelve 1773 02:29:11,11 --> 02:29:14,98 year projected to go to fifteen that's an increase of sixty one thousand dollars 1774 02:29:15,10 --> 02:29:15,58 right there 1775 02:29:15,59 --> 02:29:19,79 a lot and I don't know about the methodology of why that's necessary or if that's 1776 02:29:19,80 --> 02:29:21,04 more necessary than 1777 02:29:21,05 --> 02:29:25,02 a teacher in the high school and I think that needs to be vetted exit reduced and 1778 02:29:25,03 --> 02:29:30,63 there to chew on here it's just not reflected in that right well I want to have one 1779 02:29:30,64 --> 02:29:36,11 of these that reflects that So no no what we're talking about what. You want to 1780 02:29:36,12 --> 02:29:39,58 incorporate these cuts into the budget Well I don't if I'm talking about 1781 02:29:39,59 --> 02:29:43,94 a cut here and it's already been incorporated into the event I'm talking about 1782 02:29:43,95 --> 02:29:48,64 something that's not true then you take that information you subtract it from I 1783 02:29:48,65 --> 02:29:54,63 don't know that I don't know that teaching assistants is I don't see it do you. 1784 02:29:55,81 --> 02:29:57,30 See teaching assistants and there is 1785 02:29:57,31 --> 02:30:02,67 a cut I don't. Know teaching assistants No it's not an. 1786 02:30:04,03 --> 02:30:10,84 Arrant session our program. Read it to bath. Stewardess flight 1787 02:30:10,85 --> 02:30:16,74 attendant Thank you. To the student. 1788 02:30:23,95 --> 02:30:30,49 And the students to the system which by the. Way get like we talked to both lead. 1789 02:30:32,18 --> 02:30:37,28 This coating to that memo two hundred twenty thousand dollars savings but next year 1790 02:30:37,29 --> 02:30:43,09 in energy costs that's. Five teachers Yeah. 1791 02:30:44,31 --> 02:30:46,96 That's half the cuts right there two hundred twenty thousand dollars. 1792 02:30:56,100 --> 02:31:03,66 On. The roof you. And me of the discussion on the 1793 02:31:03,67 --> 02:31:10,27 budget. We'll meet on then then we'll set up another meeting. Which. 1794 02:31:14,27 --> 02:31:16,36 Yeah I'd lay on your superintendent I did have 1795 02:31:16,37 --> 02:31:23,06 a couple other items today to echo what Mr Lavoy said to I definitely wanted to put 1796 02:31:23,07 --> 02:31:29,20 out there about the. So using. My head that I'm out of item here I'm sorry 1797 02:31:30,06 --> 02:31:34,70 but the upcoming I taste on Monday the twenty seventh it really is 1798 02:31:34,71 --> 02:31:41,66 a tremendous event and it has never been more topical than right now that the funds 1799 02:31:42,52 --> 02:31:44,29 and they're raised by the S.P.C. 1800 02:31:44,58 --> 02:31:45,09 They do 1801 02:31:45,10 --> 02:31:49,35 a tremendous job force goes right back into the into the classroom and support 1802 02:31:49,36 --> 02:31:55,92 students. They also sponsored the unsung hero award on the thirty first and it was 1803 02:31:55,93 --> 02:32:00,83 an incredible event it was good to see the school committee members Grabowski 1804 02:32:00,84 --> 02:32:07,38 Meredith and Riley their well as other invited. Guests Representative Wong was 1805 02:32:07,39 --> 02:32:11,82 there as well as well as Tom Ridge of Crabtree and some of the Selectmen. 1806 02:32:14,41 --> 02:32:20,37 And basically what was great about that event is that it really champions what 1807 02:32:20,38 --> 02:32:24,98 education is all about even more than the book says routed through the whole 1808 02:32:24,99 --> 02:32:30,95 student. Receiving awards from the veteran school where Meghan Hamill Ryan and Ryan 1809 02:32:30,96 --> 02:32:37,68 would go. From the opening bell to school with Kevin. From the way bright 1810 02:32:37,69 --> 02:32:41,33 Alyssa swivel mightiness Lyndhurst recent B. 1811 02:32:41,34 --> 02:32:48,03 And was Katherine salvo Belmonte middle school recipients were Laura sabotaged in 1812 02:32:48,25 --> 02:32:54,67 Gabrielle by Gabriel Rivera excuse me at Saugus high it was Bianca was out O. 1813 02:32:54,71 --> 02:33:00,88 And just and when and again we thank them for all that they do in how they 1814 02:33:00,89 --> 02:33:07,43 represent Saugus in our schools in our in the community. We also mats 1815 02:33:07,81 --> 02:33:08,13 we had 1816 02:33:08,14 --> 02:33:13,45 a school school can't get used to this title so it is high school building project 1817 02:33:13,46 --> 02:33:19,08 committee meeting on the second and at that meeting the first order of business it 1818 02:33:19,09 --> 02:33:25,56 was just still facilitated by Chairman read the group elected Mr Meredith. As as 1819 02:33:25,57 --> 02:33:31,84 chairman Mr Boesky as vice chair as well as Miss Reilly as the recording secretary 1820 02:33:32,49 --> 02:33:36,12 we've given an overview of the scope of the committee duties appropriating the sum 1821 02:33:36,13 --> 02:33:43,13 for the feasibility study coming up some of that is one point eight. Million 1822 02:33:43,14 --> 02:33:47,95 dollars and selecting our data the next meeting which is Thursday the thirtieth 1823 02:33:48,85 --> 02:33:55,30 that money is to fund the feasibility study and again for the public that means 1824 02:33:55,31 --> 02:33:58,70 that we are we are in the introductory stage of getting 1825 02:33:58,71 --> 02:34:03,70 a new Saugus high school and what this portion does and we will have 1826 02:34:03,100 --> 02:34:08,74 a discussion of that in this move forward to the town I had to decide on that but 1827 02:34:08,75 --> 02:34:13,46 what that does is it gives us an amount of money to study what type of school we 1828 02:34:13,47 --> 02:34:18,75 could build as it reflects our entire. Vote to be corrected what type 1829 02:34:18,76 --> 02:34:25,19 a building project we are. OK We hope adamantly that it is 1830 02:34:25,56 --> 02:34:27,64 and we hope adamantly that it is 1831 02:34:27,93 --> 02:34:32,44 a new sort of high school but we are not guaranteed any part of that the M.S.P. 1832 02:34:32,61 --> 02:34:37,12 Actually tells us what we can build and get and let me just add to that that's what 1833 02:34:37,13 --> 02:34:43,65 the feasibility studies. Undefeated ability and they put all the options out there 1834 02:34:43,66 --> 02:34:47,69 from renovation remodel or or 1835 02:34:47,70 --> 02:34:53,52 a new new thing so that will be part of the feasibility study to give all the 1836 02:34:53,53 --> 02:34:54,81 options and then M.S.P. 1837 02:34:54,82 --> 02:34:58,39 A in the town of Saugus will agree on 1838 02:34:58,40 --> 02:35:05,23 a project the best. Of the. Matter 1839 02:35:05,58 --> 02:35:08,29 is that. We're looking at 1840 02:35:08,30 --> 02:35:14,13 a middle high school is that the first you know we're looking at all options just 1841 02:35:14,14 --> 02:35:20,49 leaving all options for a combined middle high. Just a high school and again 1842 02:35:20,50 --> 02:35:27,46 a feasibility going to look at. And plus the condition of the 1843 02:35:27,47 --> 02:35:34,31 building and what it would cost to renovate remodel because you really want it and 1844 02:35:34,32 --> 02:35:39,65 it will show that it's cost effective to remodel the building that are in the. 1845 02:35:41,64 --> 02:35:43,96 Make sense. That they will prove 1846 02:35:44,45 --> 02:35:51,43 a new high school. But that won't happen much later right now 1847 02:35:51,98 --> 02:35:54,75 I'm always. Invited in for is 1848 02:35:54,76 --> 02:35:58,44 a high school project we're not sure what that project called The End. 1849 02:36:03,39 --> 02:36:08,99 But we have to keep reminding people every time we say new it's nothing that's not 1850 02:36:08,100 --> 02:36:14,50 guaranteed even though it makes the most of the. School building not just the. 1851 02:36:16,74 --> 02:36:17,76 Science labs. 1852 02:36:27,55 --> 02:36:31,38 And the. Mantra I can just go back for 1853 02:36:31,39 --> 02:36:38,31 a minute I just noticed something on the superintendent's slide show. If we 1854 02:36:38,32 --> 02:36:45,26 look at this cover sheet that you got from this sixteen school committee 1855 02:36:45,27 --> 02:36:49,85 approved budget. All right well that handout that you have here. 1856 02:36:52,19 --> 02:36:59,17 And this fiscal year sixteen proposed budget. That I'm so mean that's the one 1857 02:36:59,18 --> 02:37:05,70 we voted on while the figures on the fix across different. The reason we voted I 1858 02:37:05,71 --> 02:37:12,45 reduced that's what I was talking about. So so we reduce where the 1859 02:37:12,46 --> 02:37:14,41 number was that started it over 1860 02:37:14,42 --> 02:37:18,90 a million for the fixed costs and we went to the eight eighty three six zero two 1861 02:37:18,95 --> 02:37:23,77 but that's not what we voted you know you're right this is what I'm suggesting as 1862 02:37:23,78 --> 02:37:30,61 a reduction. No suggestion as fixed 1863 02:37:30,62 --> 02:37:35,37 cost or whatever why why you how you would just think the fixed cost of it's 1864 02:37:35,38 --> 02:37:36,55 a fixed cost it's 1865 02:37:36,56 --> 02:37:40,77 a fixed cost how you lowering the fixed we're lowering the fixed cost because we're 1866 02:37:40,78 --> 02:37:45,88 we're taking out of a special we doing. Where we took out 1867 02:37:45,89 --> 02:37:51,40 a special ed reserve we reduced the line that. For the A.D.F. 1868 02:37:51,41 --> 02:37:55,17 It contracts for good use if we reduce that line those are the things that I was 1869 02:37:55,18 --> 02:37:59,81 talking about as well the extended year program where it was at seventy thousand if 1870 02:37:59,82 --> 02:38:04,27 you look at it side by side with thirty five seventy out of that we could fund that 1871 02:38:04,27 --> 02:38:10,99 . Now for you it's it is significant so basically he appoints 1872 02:38:11,16 --> 02:38:18,12 for where we are hoping that we haven't enough for that from other fronts from one 1873 02:38:18,13 --> 02:38:24,79 is the spend reserve one is on the personnel fixed cost anyway just once by 1874 02:38:24,80 --> 02:38:31,69 getting in on you know if the same description it's. On the budget proposed by G G 1875 02:38:31,70 --> 02:38:36,34 eight hundred twelve thousand one sixteen one hundred sixteen in this one it's 1876 02:38:36,72 --> 02:38:40,98 eight hundred eighty three thousand six hundred two how do you come out so it's 1877 02:38:40,99 --> 02:38:47,15 higher on this one than the proposed No it's higher on the one we approved is 1878 02:38:47,16 --> 02:38:52,73 higher than the one that you're proposing how did you get into that I took one 1879 02:38:52,74 --> 02:38:58,53 hundred seventy four thousand out of the. By by reducing the entire line of the 1880 02:38:58,54 --> 02:39:03,57 budgeted amount that we put in for. Those items. 1881 02:39:05,61 --> 02:39:09,39 Because we'll discuss it with. Me because one is a one is 1882 02:39:09,40 --> 02:39:14,11 a boated one and I just thought that's why I say the methodology does not make 1883 02:39:14,12 --> 02:39:17,06 sense to me and we need to break down I need I want to see 1884 02:39:17,07 --> 02:39:23,66 a breakdown of everything in this. One page. Everything that's included here 1885 02:39:24,36 --> 02:39:28,59 this does not break it in some areas it does but I want to see 1886 02:39:28,60 --> 02:39:31,92 a more. Detailed break. 1887 02:39:36,00 --> 02:39:42,06 So there are new questions on the superintendent's report. Report of Executive 1888 02:39:42,16 --> 02:39:49,11 Director of curriculums comfortability. Sure not to tell 1889 02:39:49,12 --> 02:39:56,08 you. So. The couple things I was in first was the health and wellness 1890 02:39:57,01 --> 02:40:01,40 restructure plan that was previously distributed that you guys have asked me when I 1891 02:40:01,41 --> 02:40:07,75 was unable to begin your side to vote. So. Just in talking about it 1892 02:40:08,28 --> 02:40:12,36 people are looking at it and for you know whatever questions you may have about it 1893 02:40:12,90 --> 02:40:17,49 this really has been an effort really working with starting with the team. 1894 02:40:20,34 --> 02:40:25,90 Help physical education teachers school just my counselors that we're willing to 1895 02:40:25,91 --> 02:40:31,21 sit meet. Week after week you go through the current curriculum to outline what was 1896 02:40:31,22 --> 02:40:34,56 there as they present it to you and really look at how they thought we could 1897 02:40:35,32 --> 02:40:39,78 restructure it to be able to add in the subsidies curriculum that we've been 1898 02:40:39,79 --> 02:40:46,35 talking about for so long and to attempt to reach more kids. And 1899 02:40:46,63 --> 02:40:52,90 it's just been. You know really to their credit because you know they're willing to 1900 02:40:52,94 --> 02:40:57,39 talk and discuss and work with their ministry theirs and come up with actionable 1901 02:40:57,40 --> 02:41:01,84 plans that we think we can do with the looking at it from the perspective of the 1902 02:41:01,85 --> 02:41:08,15 staffing that we have now. You know and we don't know you know long and short as 1903 02:41:08,16 --> 02:41:13,24 far as what will be there for next year but as far as the planning is based on what 1904 02:41:13,25 --> 02:41:19,36 we have in place right now to restructure the way. I laid out for you other people 1905 02:41:19,61 --> 02:41:25,94 so I have your question. And I would like to thank you for all the crowd were in 1906 02:41:25,95 --> 02:41:27,42 time I know two took 1907 02:41:27,43 --> 02:41:31,83 a lot of extra time dedicated to this as well as your team of wellness teach is 1908 02:41:32,11 --> 02:41:38,47 spot on now and in your gym teachers and appreciate that and I like this 1909 02:41:38,79 --> 02:41:42,96 so my question right off the bat will be so they'll have 1910 02:41:43,05 --> 02:41:49,93 a lot of They'll have. To help. All year all three years 1911 02:41:50,13 --> 02:41:55,35 so they'll have on their six hundred six and seven. And then an eighth. 1912 02:41:57,01 --> 02:42:01,17 But they'll be able to ninety percent of the students will be able to one trimester 1913 02:42:01,18 --> 02:42:05,85 an additional trimester of health specifically OK and then. 1914 02:42:08,08 --> 02:42:11,15 Some of the kids even in seventh grade six percent will get that separate 1915 02:42:11,16 --> 02:42:17,46 additional trimester of health as well and not in the sixth grade the sixth grade. 1916 02:42:20,52 --> 02:42:24,21 Wellness the split of having every day in the rotation you know in the three days 1917 02:42:24,63 --> 02:42:24,86 that's 1918 02:42:24,87 --> 02:42:28,21 a big improvement and I appreciate this and again that's why I say that that's 1919 02:42:28,22 --> 02:42:34,95 really key to Miss Robbins and. This is going to teach teachers and 1920 02:42:34,96 --> 02:42:38,98 her hopes you know because they were willing to sit down and go through it and make 1921 02:42:38,99 --> 02:42:44,58 it work you know all of them and Miss Robbins one more question on the elementary 1922 02:42:44,59 --> 02:42:49,67 level how would that look for the nurse will the nurse go into I met with them 1923 02:42:49,68 --> 02:42:54,71 nurse Joanie and we went through from the beginning and the idea would be to do it 1924 02:42:54,72 --> 02:43:01,62 more like. More like for example example in her school only because 1925 02:43:01,63 --> 02:43:07,84 I For me it was so they would come in in the beginning of the year and do. 1926 02:43:08,87 --> 02:43:15,52 A presentation with the kindergarten kids about. Hand-washing and hygiene person 1927 02:43:16,15 --> 02:43:17,52 the topics is really not 1928 02:43:17,53 --> 02:43:22,38 a lot of real health topics in the Keating Five It's literally probably. Less than 1929 02:43:22,39 --> 02:43:29,36 ten as we say broke down. The line of what we're doing versus what the. Message 1930 02:43:29,37 --> 02:43:33,96 is comprehensive curriculum calls for so we thought that it would be better 1931 02:43:33,97 --> 02:43:38,12 approach to come from the nurses and have so the beginning of the year they pick 1932 02:43:38,13 --> 02:43:42,65 the topics that are most appropriate for each grade level and do kind of 1933 02:43:42,66 --> 02:43:46,05 a whole grade first grade or some things might pertain to K. 1934 02:43:46,06 --> 02:43:50,64 And one so like afraid that they would come they come into like the casualties in 1935 02:43:50,65 --> 02:43:53,72 a category of Yeah yeah and they do 1936 02:43:53,73 --> 02:43:58,94 a presentation we're still going to work and some members of the group that work 1937 02:43:58,95 --> 02:44:04,29 with me to outline some things for them give them some tools that they've used that 1938 02:44:04,33 --> 02:44:09,90 Mr Callahan and misprints go were using when they taught us in the classroom so 1939 02:44:09,91 --> 02:44:14,27 that they have handouts for them to go home with and discussion topics for them to 1940 02:44:14,52 --> 02:44:18,12 take to the parents and those kind of things so that the curriculum that they were 1941 02:44:18,13 --> 02:44:22,03 getting from the physical education teachers would just come in 1942 02:44:22,04 --> 02:44:26,27 a different format from the nurses but we're going to lay that out for them so that 1943 02:44:26,80 --> 02:44:33,65 the nurses aren't test with creating anything for us. So you know really looking at 1944 02:44:33,66 --> 02:44:36,31 what's going to what's going to be the best for you screen. 1945 02:44:43,58 --> 02:44:45,41 There is always you have. 1946 02:44:50,65 --> 02:44:57,40 So I mean I think that the. Tying the nurses into it again will 1947 02:44:57,41 --> 02:44:57,85 have 1948 02:44:58,51 --> 02:45:03,68 a lot more opportunity for conversations and for them to be able to target you know 1949 02:45:03,69 --> 02:45:07,76 what do they start to realize what more would something another type of that might 1950 02:45:07,77 --> 02:45:09,81 come up that they say oh this would be 1951 02:45:09,82 --> 02:45:13,50 a great teaching opportunity because once they establish that kind of relationship 1952 02:45:13,93 --> 02:45:18,68 they might see that. It's something that they might want to add to you but by 1953 02:45:18,69 --> 02:45:24,13 freeing up. Elementary physical education teacher is from that aspect of the 1954 02:45:24,14 --> 02:45:29,88 curriculum and as well as the you know the elementary principles of all you know 1955 02:45:29,93 --> 02:45:33,67 talk spoken with and address with their staff the issue of the interval in 1956 02:45:33,68 --> 02:45:37,82 curriculum and pulling that out of the physical education. 1957 02:45:41,39 --> 02:45:46,00 Map so to speak as well in putting that back into the classroom with the teachers 1958 02:45:46,01 --> 02:45:50,16 and with the counselors and the can by the way we're talking about pulling out the 1959 02:45:50,17 --> 02:45:56,65 ten make the. Biggest. Issues in focus areas in the curriculum that we're using 1960 02:45:57,28 --> 02:45:59,79 so it's once a month kind of thing where they're where you're getting 1961 02:45:59,80 --> 02:46:02,78 a lesson where you're being taught in something's going home and you're asked to 1962 02:46:02,79 --> 02:46:05,76 talk to your parents about it and there's it's conversational and it's kind of 1963 02:46:05,77 --> 02:46:09,73 theme based and it's throughout the whole month so that you're not taking away from 1964 02:46:10,31 --> 02:46:15,18 hours of teaching time they're basically designed to be twenty or twenty minute 1965 02:46:15,19 --> 02:46:19,07 lessons to thirty minute lessons and with the hope that the adjustment Council will 1966 02:46:19,08 --> 02:46:23,63 be able to work with some of the grade level teachers when it's something that's 1967 02:46:23,64 --> 02:46:28,49 really targeted point to that school that grade level that you know an issue that's 1968 02:46:28,50 --> 02:46:29,02 been coming up 1969 02:46:29,03 --> 02:46:34,99 a lot sometimes you know the issues around cyber bullying and the kids so it's much 1970 02:46:35,00 --> 02:46:40,18 more prominent in fifth grade discussions around social media. What kids aren't 1971 02:46:40,35 --> 02:46:47,08 doing and in the past you know complaining. To morning in the police to come in 1972 02:46:47,09 --> 02:46:51,71 to reinforce some of those conversations. So I think that's helpful at the middle 1973 02:46:51,72 --> 02:46:57,57 school level too because they are of him you know in fear so when he does it they 1974 02:46:57,58 --> 02:47:01,13 get you know he's got their attention on their undivided right and if you don't 1975 02:47:01,26 --> 02:47:06,63 think. That just by taking those things away from the physical education we can 1976 02:47:06,64 --> 02:47:12,91 institute the sub's abuse like that that the elementary level so that's the then 1977 02:47:12,92 --> 02:47:16,27 you have just trying to cover all those topics that cram it all in with the 1978 02:47:16,28 --> 02:47:20,85 physical ed piece and they do a fabulous job that's what. It has to be 1979 02:47:20,86 --> 02:47:22,70 a whole school and 1980 02:47:22,71 --> 02:47:27,21 a whole district approach to health education and what it involves So having the 1981 02:47:27,22 --> 02:47:31,01 nurses and the teachers having the adjustment counselors and the physical education 1982 02:47:31,02 --> 02:47:32,08 teachers all playing 1983 02:47:32,09 --> 02:47:36,48 a role and. Figuring out what are the best times to get the parents in to continue 1984 02:47:36,49 --> 02:47:38,96 the conversation that's being done with the kids kind of 1985 02:47:38,97 --> 02:47:41,96 a regular basis similar to the nurses maybe 1986 02:47:41,97 --> 02:47:48,89 a fall in the spring type assembly that ties into. Once mapped out whatever decided 1987 02:47:48,90 --> 02:47:54,22 to be kind of the target. For the kids at the elementary level and then at the 1988 02:47:54,23 --> 02:48:00,96 middle school really it's going to be important to know looking forward as far as 1989 02:48:00,97 --> 02:48:05,44 what you heard. One say that there's 1990 02:48:05,45 --> 02:48:10,61 a lot of topics that they may have been covering at the high school that fall under 1991 02:48:10,62 --> 02:48:17,19 the middle school but because of the. Only other one to not being able to cover all 1992 02:48:17,20 --> 02:48:22,51 those topics at that level so now really being able to vet out what can and will 1993 02:48:22,52 --> 02:48:27,45 they. Be covering at the middle school between sixty eight and therefore what can 1994 02:48:27,46 --> 02:48:30,66 they add to what they've been covering at the high school or how much deeper my 1995 02:48:30,67 --> 02:48:35,65 debut on the go and some of the topics and that kind. Of talk 1996 02:48:35,66 --> 02:48:41,40 a little bit in my second part of my report we're going to tomorrow's early release 1997 02:48:41,41 --> 02:48:46,47 professional development. How does how does this. 1998 02:48:48,13 --> 02:48:53,20 Restructuring work with the amount of the new curriculum that's already been 1999 02:48:53,21 --> 02:48:58,82 purchased that that they're going to take full implement and use of that curriculum 2000 02:48:58,83 --> 02:49:03,09 or are we going to be spending the six or seven thousand dollars that was spent on 2001 02:49:03,10 --> 02:49:09,02 not being able to utilize it or not most potential that will be utilized fully the 2002 02:49:09,33 --> 02:49:15,25 by freeing up the elementary physical education health you just they're able to you 2003 02:49:15,29 --> 02:49:19,10 to be able to implement the protect you from TAKE ME curriculum that's been 2004 02:49:19,11 --> 02:49:22,90 purchased for the alcohol awareness and the discussions around substance abuse 2005 02:49:22,91 --> 02:49:26,81 that's the only curriculum that was brought and the elementary level and then at 2006 02:49:26,82 --> 02:49:31,90 the high school level there were they purchased new health books and materials 2007 02:49:32,15 --> 02:49:35,44 which again this is what they're going to do we're going to do Continuing from now 2008 02:49:35,81 --> 02:49:40,79 to the end of the year is to redo the health and wellness map to show who's going 2009 02:49:40,80 --> 02:49:43,87 to be doing what what's going to be taught and what materials will be use and what 2010 02:49:43,88 --> 02:49:47,39 resources in these new materials will be used and if we find that we need 2011 02:49:47,40 --> 02:49:50,92 additional ones for the middle school as we're figuring out who's going to what 2012 02:49:51,25 --> 02:49:57,81 then we're going to do our best to. You and to to other questions is. 2013 02:50:01,35 --> 02:50:04,40 Removing me at a bowling curriculum from physical place in 2014 02:50:04,41 --> 02:50:08,94 a classroom with teachers of adjustment counseling to points of teachers an 2015 02:50:08,95 --> 02:50:12,97 adjustment counselors and yet here in the reductions we're cutting adjustment 2016 02:50:12,98 --> 02:50:18,38 councils and one of the. Ramifications of cutting is delivery of the world Destro 2017 02:50:18,39 --> 02:50:24,63 Graham in one two three four different areas that oppose those yet 2018 02:50:25,39 --> 02:50:29,19 and those were all those why didn't you know those are as organizational people 2019 02:50:29,39 --> 02:50:32,67 those are additional things that we are asking for in the budget above and beyond 2020 02:50:32,68 --> 02:50:38,07 we have now right this was based on what we have now though it was it would make it 2021 02:50:38,08 --> 02:50:41,69 much easier for the adjustment counselors to work with the teachers and be able to 2022 02:50:41,70 --> 02:50:43,63 assist in more classrooms and 2023 02:50:43,92 --> 02:50:48,90 a greater level. If we have the opportunity to hire the ones that we had asked for 2024 02:50:49,10 --> 02:50:54,20 but this is based purely on what we have now and that really is just to give 2025 02:50:54,21 --> 02:51:01,19 teachers someone to bounce ideas off of to discuss before really kind 2026 02:51:01,20 --> 02:51:05,60 of digging in on some of the curriculum pieces. You know it's not that they're 2027 02:51:05,61 --> 02:51:09,34 going to necessarily tag team or anything in the particular classroom it really 2028 02:51:09,35 --> 02:51:09,55 does 2029 02:51:09,56 --> 02:51:16,54 a these are the topics that we've chosen to address each month and you know 2030 02:51:17,14 --> 02:51:18,97 the teacher may say I've got 2031 02:51:18,98 --> 02:51:24,45 a question in regard to how this how does how you think best to roll this out with 2032 02:51:24,46 --> 02:51:27,47 a particular group of kids because maybe they're just my counsellor sees 2033 02:51:27,48 --> 02:51:28,45 a lot of the kids and has 2034 02:51:28,46 --> 02:51:32,36 a real insight into how they perceive things so it's just really to be 2035 02:51:32,40 --> 02:51:39,34 a conversational piece to address the topics. And how is that going to affect 2036 02:51:39,83 --> 02:51:44,50 the time in the classroom that is going to right now that time is not taken out of 2037 02:51:44,51 --> 02:51:50,39 the classroom so that it's in the physical education. Or whatever but there are you 2038 02:51:50,40 --> 02:51:54,23 going to put it in the classroom how is that going to affect the timing teaching in 2039 02:51:54,24 --> 02:51:58,08 the classroom but now has to be devoted to something that wasn't ever in the 2040 02:51:58,09 --> 02:52:04,51 classroom it's ever going to be an adjustment I think but I guess said we're going 2041 02:52:04,52 --> 02:52:06,49 to try and focus on any topic for 2042 02:52:06,53 --> 02:52:11,19 a monthly topic around this so it's not going to be it's literally going to be what 2043 02:52:11,69 --> 02:52:15,46 my anticipation of it is again the team is going to get together kind of map it out 2044 02:52:15,65 --> 02:52:20,13 and work on how it will look and get input from the principals in the teachers but 2045 02:52:20,13 --> 02:52:26,19 . I mean visiting it to be. Twenty to thirty minutes. 2046 02:52:27,84 --> 02:52:29,60 Teaching session you know so 2047 02:52:29,64 --> 02:52:32,30 a lot of them have stories that are read first and then 2048 02:52:32,31 --> 02:52:37,58 a little discussion with the group and then some question and answer about. How 2049 02:52:37,59 --> 02:52:40,07 they perceive the situation to know and then there's usually 2050 02:52:40,08 --> 02:52:43,33 a sheet that goes home that follows up that gives an opportunity to talk to the 2051 02:52:43,34 --> 02:52:44,58 parents of oh there's 2052 02:52:44,59 --> 02:52:49,07 a worksheet piece that goes with it and comes back so I don't anticipate it being 2053 02:52:49,08 --> 02:52:49,48 a LOT of 2054 02:52:49,87 --> 02:52:55,56 a lot of time devoted for the teacher away from their regular teaching but I do see 2055 02:52:55,57 --> 02:53:00,47 it as. It's I saw 2056 02:53:00,48 --> 02:53:07,27 a big difference in my past experience. Coming from where these 2057 02:53:07,28 --> 02:53:10,49 lessons in these topics were handled and discussed in the classroom with the 2058 02:53:10,50 --> 02:53:17,40 teachers and. The disconnect if you will of them being done 2059 02:53:17,59 --> 02:53:22,36 in isolation in the gym so that you know when they go into the gym there was always 2060 02:53:22,37 --> 02:53:27,05 this this is who taught them these pieces they were paying attention more to than 2061 02:53:27,06 --> 02:53:29,88 they were in the hallways when they were teachers than they were in the classroom 2062 02:53:29,89 --> 02:53:30,10 there was 2063 02:53:30,11 --> 02:53:36,06 a disconnect between the lesson itself and the fact that it was only only taught in 2064 02:53:36,21 --> 02:53:43,12 isolation so I really think having the teachers and the. Counselors who are 2065 02:53:43,13 --> 02:53:43,58 handling 2066 02:53:43,59 --> 02:53:47,81 a lot of these situations in the absence of the principal or with the principal I 2067 02:53:47,82 --> 02:53:50,100 hope that it will reinforce the lessons for the kids and make it more of 2068 02:53:51,01 --> 02:53:56,76 a common everyday conversation. Yes I agree that's why out of the K. 2069 02:53:56,77 --> 02:54:01,76 Through twelve comprehensive curriculums taught through the classes I know that's 2070 02:54:01,77 --> 02:54:06,49 a that's you know I have this guy I wish down the road but I mean this this is good 2071 02:54:06,50 --> 02:54:11,54 but one more question when it was for the middle school level when it says they'll 2072 02:54:11,55 --> 02:54:15,23 be some flexibility based on subject matter that they cover and and it will be the 2073 02:54:15,24 --> 02:54:21,01 up to the professional discretion will substance use be touched upon in that and 2074 02:54:21,02 --> 02:54:26,32 will there be like you said the elementary will you have general topics that's 2075 02:54:26,33 --> 02:54:30,07 where they'll go by the. And that's what I want to health and wellness 2076 02:54:30,08 --> 02:54:34,17 professionals to to work out and determine who's going to be teaching what at what 2077 02:54:34,18 --> 02:54:39,79 levels based on the recommendations that we can find as well as the curriculum that 2078 02:54:39,80 --> 02:54:45,44 will be using in the resources will be using but. That just means that So if it's 2079 02:54:46,91 --> 02:54:51,36 in the three day cycle of it's two days of physical education one day of help their 2080 02:54:51,37 --> 02:54:53,26 rotation might change depending on 2081 02:54:53,36 --> 02:54:56,65 a topic that they're covering that they might think we should lead this next 2082 02:54:56,66 --> 02:55:03,56 segment with. A lesson prior to the physical education of the activity of that part 2083 02:55:03,57 --> 02:55:08,33 being left up to them as to if they have to change the rotation or where how it 2084 02:55:08,34 --> 02:55:11,98 works best for whatever it is that they're teaching at the time as far as the 2085 02:55:11,99 --> 02:55:13,91 topics will be will there be like 2086 02:55:13,92 --> 02:55:18,50 a skill level curriculum asked like you know I'm going to let you know thank you 2087 02:55:19,37 --> 02:55:26,27 thank you. But. I wanted 2088 02:55:26,28 --> 02:55:30,15 to. Write my second part is just 2089 02:55:30,16 --> 02:55:37,12 a little bit about tomorrow's early release day we have. Some folks coming from 2090 02:55:37,13 --> 02:55:42,71 Discovery Education to give some support to the programs at the middle school we 2091 02:55:42,72 --> 02:55:46,86 have the program at the MIT tech look at the middle school and there'll be someone 2092 02:55:47,00 --> 02:55:47,60 doing 2093 02:55:48,37 --> 02:55:52,44 a workshop for teachers at the middle school for some studies and also be someone 2094 02:55:52,45 --> 02:55:57,29 there from their math. Tech but pilot program that we're piloting from January 2095 02:55:57,30 --> 02:56:02,87 until two June. And also at the high school level the pilot runs his course of the 2096 02:56:02,88 --> 02:56:06,34 BE a math textbook person at the high school and there will be 2097 02:56:06,35 --> 02:56:13,25 a science textbook representative at the Veterans for support for the elementary 2098 02:56:13,26 --> 02:56:16,90 teachers especially for those who are newer this year who really haven't had 2099 02:56:17,15 --> 02:56:22,73 formalized training has been more assistance in teaching from their peers but to 2100 02:56:22,90 --> 02:56:27,23 give them and to answer some questions because there's some questions of come up 2101 02:56:27,98 --> 02:56:31,99 with teachers around assessments in the building the Sussman to use in the programs 2102 02:56:32,00 --> 02:56:37,54 and I'd like to really be able to ask the folks designing the programs how where we 2103 02:56:37,55 --> 02:56:41,50 go from here with those kind of things and how to best utilize that those programs 2104 02:56:41,51 --> 02:56:47,22 for the teachers and then so those are really more by those workshops will be by 2105 02:56:47,76 --> 02:56:48,64 either by choice or by 2106 02:56:48,65 --> 02:56:53,39 a principal recommended if it's people who haven't had it or who are need some 2107 02:56:53,40 --> 02:56:58,08 assistance and. The rest of our folks in all the different levels will be getting 2108 02:56:58,09 --> 02:57:04,45 together with their grade level teams and or their designs and looking at the maps 2109 02:57:04,82 --> 02:57:11,51 curriculum maps that we have now these maps were done in created by teams years 2110 02:57:11,52 --> 02:57:11,100 ago 2111 02:57:12,53 --> 02:57:16,95 a lot of them have Chines we have some that were on the website that have been updated 2112 02:57:16,96 --> 02:57:17,30 in X. 2113 02:57:17,31 --> 02:57:21,53 Two but not on the Web So some of the coursework at the high school has changed 2114 02:57:21,62 --> 02:57:25,96 some courses are offered in more so we're going to really kind of clean them up see 2115 02:57:26,87 --> 02:57:28,100 to our They're just going to review kind of 2116 02:57:29,01 --> 02:57:34,52 a cover sheet that says which map is it that you're reviewing. What is it that you 2117 02:57:34,53 --> 02:57:40,58 see that our needs are changes or issues things that you know need to be addressed 2118 02:57:40,59 --> 02:57:44,85 and we're just going to. Get all the feedback from the teachers in the teams and 2119 02:57:44,86 --> 02:57:50,58 then start looking at OK with what where is the most need in focus right now needs 2120 02:57:50,59 --> 02:57:55,12 to be done and try and put together some teams to do some work between now and the 2121 02:57:55,13 --> 02:58:01,97 spring to put those up straight and. Hopefully. Be able to make 2122 02:58:01,98 --> 02:58:05,96 sure that what we have on our maps is what we're teaching and not necessarily what 2123 02:58:05,97 --> 02:58:11,20 we hoped to be teaching or if we've just materials a change of resources 2124 02:58:11,21 --> 02:58:16,96 a change if we change titles and stories in text that are being used that we're 2125 02:58:16,97 --> 02:58:22,26 updating so we're just kind of the starting of reviewing them and getting them 2126 02:58:22,30 --> 02:58:27,36 caught up so tomorrow all of our health and wellness folks will be together and 2127 02:58:27,37 --> 02:58:33,45 women. Through high school at the high school to spend some time looking at this 2128 02:58:33,46 --> 02:58:37,37 and start the process of talking about how we're going to how we need to lay it out 2129 02:58:37,41 --> 02:58:42,52 and what it needs to look like for all of them to make sense they were. Rarely if 2130 02:58:42,53 --> 02:58:47,76 ever get to get together. At the same time because our times are substandard So 2131 02:58:47,80 --> 02:58:51,05 think believing you know the elementary in the middle school principals were 2132 02:58:51,06 --> 02:58:54,82 willing to let them flip flop schedule time to lunch time so that we could get them 2133 02:58:54,83 --> 02:58:55,44 all together for 2134 02:58:55,45 --> 02:58:59,53 a little while just start the conversation and then get this vengefully get this 2135 02:59:00,26 --> 02:59:03,81 mapped out to the point so that they all have tools to move forward next year and. 2136 02:59:05,97 --> 02:59:09,23 That's been the last one thank you I know you guys have put 2137 02:59:09,24 --> 02:59:12,24 a lot of time and effort into this and I really appreciate it at 2138 02:59:12,25 --> 02:59:17,32 a time that's really crucial for these kids and. It really is appreciated by 2139 02:59:17,33 --> 02:59:20,59 a lot of the parents I know right now there's nobody sitting here but it is 2140 02:59:20,60 --> 02:59:26,99 a hot topic as you know in this town Well I mean this is not it was you know what 2141 02:59:26,100 --> 02:59:32,93 you know I think I did something nobody you know we see as you know I mean we 2142 02:59:32,94 --> 02:59:35,62 appreciate why you're you are always yes you're 2143 02:59:35,63 --> 02:59:40,63 a staple in the in the in the audience but you know what I meant yes and it does 2144 02:59:40,64 --> 02:59:44,83 not go unnoticed all. The work and effort that you put into this and like as it was 2145 02:59:44,84 --> 02:59:50,46 presented it was very nice to see the energy and the enthusiasm behind the health 2146 02:59:50,47 --> 02:59:54,02 and well the steps to really you know to get him to be 2147 02:59:54,03 --> 03:00:00,93 a part of it welcome back thank you yeah. That's 2148 03:00:00,94 --> 03:00:07,22 right thank you for the question. We put aside 2149 03:00:07,30 --> 03:00:09,03 committees who serve 2150 03:00:09,04 --> 03:00:15,39 a subcommittee. Vs the finalizing changes to the 2151 03:00:15,92 --> 03:00:19,36 teeth by the town for an officer and 2152 03:00:19,37 --> 03:00:25,78 a Danders. Would never step maybe we had shared it with the full school committee 2153 03:00:25,79 --> 03:00:31,30 and asked for any input. So with that we request be final. 2154 03:00:33,65 --> 03:00:38,21 This evening as it needs to go to the D.E.S.C. 2155 03:00:38,42 --> 03:00:45,15 And it is time sensitive so with that. I have any questions on. 2156 03:00:48,93 --> 03:00:55,43 Everything just blog they are. All you guys want to that and this and going through 2157 03:00:55,44 --> 03:01:00,71 it and reading. Some what sixty pages of how many pages was that. 2158 03:01:05,77 --> 03:01:07,56 Somebody should be going through that with 2159 03:01:07,57 --> 03:01:14,57 a fine tooth comb and they could change the discrimination hearing. OK so that the 2160 03:01:14,58 --> 03:01:19,02 Food Service Committee met in voted to recommend the following that the school 2161 03:01:19,03 --> 03:01:23,68 committee approved the final draft of April one two thousand and fifteen of the 2162 03:01:23,69 --> 03:01:25,17 request for proposal for 2163 03:01:25,18 --> 03:01:29,06 a food service management company to be submitted to the town of Saga's. 2164 03:01:33,31 --> 03:01:39,46 For instance. We could you know rest of us. 2165 03:01:43,56 --> 03:01:48,69 Just want to make sure that we're all realizing the town oh yeah I think it. 2166 03:01:52,85 --> 03:01:59,65 Does it have to go to deceive first. Yes but it's just the first you are. So 2167 03:01:59,66 --> 03:02:06,66 this still. Needs to be. Given. I don't think you 2168 03:02:06,67 --> 03:02:12,62 see any any changes to me you don't see that they'll be making you need recommended 2169 03:02:12,63 --> 03:02:16,65 changes do you think you. Might even call. 2170 03:02:20,11 --> 03:02:22,34 Them are you going to make a motion and make 2171 03:02:22,35 --> 03:02:29,30 a move and she didn't say. I'm going to show you. I kind of like 2172 03:02:29,31 --> 03:02:33,47 to make a motion. At stake here. The Q. 2173 03:02:33,57 --> 03:02:38,35 Second and the discussion. All in favor pose. 2174 03:02:40,58 --> 03:02:42,87 Thank you for all your work you have 2175 03:02:42,88 --> 03:02:47,39 a good committee. Following back and forth the times in which was always 2176 03:02:47,40 --> 03:02:53,17 a good thing yes in the thing and I just need to reiterate again we lost someone on 2177 03:02:53,18 --> 03:02:58,36 the phone service we have an even number we really need someone to volunteer to 2178 03:02:58,37 --> 03:03:02,41 finish out the year on the food service as we're going forward with the 2179 03:03:03,22 --> 03:03:08,03 interviewing companies and things so we need at first then I would. 2180 03:03:10,72 --> 03:03:17,70 Yes we need it. So I like to ask probably to. Get in touch 2181 03:03:17,71 --> 03:03:22,96 with the superintendent's office and myself for the narrative they need for any 2182 03:03:22,97 --> 03:03:27,94 school committee member or the mathematician exam I fully know of anyone that may 2183 03:03:27,95 --> 03:03:34,45 be interested in current stand up on current Yes and as long as they are 2184 03:03:34,49 --> 03:03:38,99 a resident of Saugus or in the Middle East of the town they can serve on the sub 2185 03:03:39,22 --> 03:03:45,50 right. Hand Thank you. And the other 2186 03:03:46,04 --> 03:03:52,14 reports see me in this one on the agenda so will go on we have no old business with 2187 03:03:52,14 --> 03:03:59,01 . The. New business. Seem Collaborative Agreement 2188 03:03:59,02 --> 03:04:05,88 and. The superintendent said I apologise Yeah but you don't know my laptop I don't 2189 03:04:05,89 --> 03:04:06,10 have 2190 03:04:06,11 --> 03:04:11,99 a copy of it but it is the typical agreement because the past. They could missed 2191 03:04:12,82 --> 03:04:17,89 shortly after the summary I got my reminder to put it in there they did change 2192 03:04:18,19 --> 03:04:18,54 there was 2193 03:04:18,55 --> 03:04:23,17 a minor master watch Angel the composition of the words but it was just members had 2194 03:04:23,18 --> 03:04:29,20 to be present that's the only substantial thing in number six. And we thought this 2195 03:04:29,21 --> 03:04:34,06 was taken care of but it was actually the other it was. Yes that was the other 2196 03:04:34,72 --> 03:04:37,69 collaborative that was on that was on the table for 2197 03:04:37,70 --> 03:04:42,31 a while literally so there so everyone had an opportunity to review we have any 2198 03:04:42,32 --> 03:04:48,01 questions on this question Mr Good Boesky just the one that uses the facilities. 2199 03:04:53,54 --> 03:04:56,74 Well it's really a reference to that I don't remember ever seeing 2200 03:04:56,94 --> 03:05:03,75 a written agreement OK or fever to pay us. Take that last year 2201 03:05:04,30 --> 03:05:07,84 that meant you know there was always so we got my copy of 2202 03:05:07,85 --> 03:05:11,77 a really great what you know we had Yeah you know as it was it was it was in line 2203 03:05:11,78 --> 03:05:17,14 with what with you yes he's in line with the idea that he told us what they were 2204 03:05:17,15 --> 03:05:18,26 going to pay but we didn't have 2205 03:05:18,27 --> 03:05:21,98 a written agreement that says this is what they opt not to like 2206 03:05:21,99 --> 03:05:26,28 a contract you know it's because it's in one of our packets because. 2207 03:05:30,93 --> 03:05:36,76 But this particular one does anyone have any questions on. This because we need not 2208 03:05:36,77 --> 03:05:42,38 commit authorization for the chair to sign. I. 2209 03:05:44,36 --> 03:05:44,67 Make 2210 03:05:44,68 --> 03:05:49,60 a motion to prove that you had authorized change I authorize it you know the signs 2211 03:05:49,64 --> 03:05:55,84 seem collaborative agree seconds and the discussion all in favor 2212 03:05:56,76 --> 03:06:01,35 post-mortem passed unanimously is pretty standard and like he said just one second 2213 03:06:01,39 --> 03:06:03,16 and that was changed to 2214 03:06:03,17 --> 03:06:16,08 a twist. Of the committee. You 2215 03:06:16,09 --> 03:06:23,01 know. Told they. Are. It's to Serino 2216 03:06:23,02 --> 03:06:29,92 You. Encouraging. Encouraging good behavior. At least insist. 2217 03:06:32,50 --> 03:06:32,78 That you have 2218 03:06:32,79 --> 03:06:37,57 a little levity once in awhile if you have to stand the superintendent so I don't 2219 03:06:37,63 --> 03:06:44,52 really as he keeps says left. And. You. Know 2220 03:06:44,60 --> 03:06:50,92 we have gifts in this package so we didn't I didn't see you know. Just in case but 2221 03:06:50,93 --> 03:06:57,90 we thank. All our supporters. We encourage gifts we do we 2222 03:06:57,91 --> 03:07:03,65 do. Any even the small things I mean everyone everyone is really generous to see. 2223 03:07:05,49 --> 03:07:12,00 Just to. Be on what you know the. Taste the education 2224 03:07:12,64 --> 03:07:19,04 the does every day. Think it gives all year long for things that we wouldn't be 2225 03:07:19,05 --> 03:07:23,91 able to afford in the budget and that is really thank you Mr grows every minute of 2226 03:07:23,92 --> 03:07:30,66 that. Time that you put into that and then watch it is. Lots of 2227 03:07:30,67 --> 03:07:37,23 food good twenty seven I would recommend you go it's of. It's actually 2228 03:07:37,24 --> 03:07:41,76 away in a window from a business you bought a ticket on the way I did buy 2229 03:07:41,77 --> 03:07:48,63 a couple things and that's just. Anyone interested this over twenty restaurants 2230 03:07:49,03 --> 03:07:55,40 all from any of the school administrators. Do you have tickets to react 2231 03:07:56,35 --> 03:08:02,42 to this administration in the winter remind everybody that the place this is. There 2232 03:08:02,43 --> 03:08:02,60 is 2233 03:08:02,61 --> 03:08:09,51 a. Way that. I have one more thing 2234 03:08:09,52 --> 03:08:16,01 and a new business could you place on the next. I think to discuss. If there's 2235 03:08:16,02 --> 03:08:18,40 a policy or just a procedure are needing 2236 03:08:18,41 --> 03:08:23,37 a client's And it. Is. Like if. 2237 03:08:25,80 --> 03:08:28,90 You know right now where multiple hands so at 2238 03:08:28,91 --> 03:08:35,69 a school committee may stop working. And describe. That if they're not 2239 03:08:35,81 --> 03:08:41,08 on the agenda to review whatever is it. I would like to see that they don't have to 2240 03:08:41,09 --> 03:08:44,54 come I don't know if it's me if it is I suppose they are intended it has nothing to 2241 03:08:45,11 --> 03:08:49,98 do with us so that discussion so do they only have to come if they're on the agenda 2242 03:08:50,72 --> 03:08:54,79 I just know that sometimes we sit here for four hours and I look at them and. If 2243 03:08:54,80 --> 03:08:58,75 they're not reporting to me I feel like they should have to come Miss 2244 03:08:58,76 --> 03:09:03,99 indestructible join the spot but if she's not reporting on the budget I feel like 2245 03:09:04,13 --> 03:09:08,74 she shouldn't have to sit here for three or four hours if not reporting on and they 2246 03:09:08,75 --> 03:09:11,94 have like schedule times at that point you know I'm just wondering is there 2247 03:09:11,95 --> 03:09:15,47 a policy or procedure in place that mandates them to be at every meeting or is it 2248 03:09:15,48 --> 03:09:21,84 at their own discretion or. It's my discretion we stagger the other two usually 2249 03:09:21,85 --> 03:09:24,30 there's it's pretty customary to have 2250 03:09:24,31 --> 03:09:29,20 a business person there. All the time for business question. But. 2251 03:09:33,70 --> 03:09:39,59 We usually ask for and we could get them on Tuesday we could come in and see her 2252 03:09:39,60 --> 03:09:45,14 which most of us if we have questions do do that so I'm just asking I just feel 2253 03:09:45,15 --> 03:09:50,07 like you know they put so much time in during the week and there are already over 2254 03:09:50,15 --> 03:09:54,95 taxed sometimes when I mean when we're sitting here for three or four hours it's 2255 03:09:54,99 --> 03:09:59,01 you know I just feel like if they're not reporting that they shouldn't have to sit 2256 03:09:59,02 --> 03:10:02,77 there that's just my and I just want to know if it was if there was 2257 03:10:02,78 --> 03:10:09,64 a policy or procedure in place that. You know. Times I want to be here I 2258 03:10:09,65 --> 03:10:14,71 mean it's going to do it with. A substantial. 2259 03:10:18,76 --> 03:10:25,39 Best of the. Things. You want to be there sometimes particularly. All the work that 2260 03:10:25,40 --> 03:10:31,18 goes into. The health program in particular I think I know what she is reporting 2261 03:10:31,19 --> 03:10:34,81 tonight so when they are reporting and that is how we got here because she was 2262 03:10:34,82 --> 03:10:39,48 reporting Seabass but she is here most nights even if she isn't reporting she's 2263 03:10:39,49 --> 03:10:42,05 here so I'm just wondering I mean 2264 03:10:42,06 --> 03:10:46,20 a lot of times we're pulling her in particular away from events that her kids have 2265 03:10:47,09 --> 03:10:52,52 to convince and she's missing out on so I just think you know that was just my 2266 03:10:52,81 --> 03:10:56,82 thought that they didn't need to be I was trying to get clarification if it was. 2267 03:11:00,03 --> 03:11:04,79 Pretty customary for the business person. Trying to. 2268 03:11:06,57 --> 03:11:07,06 Silence 2269 03:11:07,07 --> 03:11:14,27 a yak always smiling on the outside. Before Miss marathon questions make sure 2270 03:11:14,83 --> 03:11:20,90 it's non-debatable. All in favor or. Oppose. 2271 03:11:22,02 --> 03:11:23,70 Anything that I would like to see.